Word: horned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first half of the contest featured good overall play on the part of both squads. Brown had a few chances earlier, and the Crimson challenged Bruin goaltender Alex Smith just before intermission. However, neither team got on the scoreboard and when the halftime horn blew, the score was knotted...
Harvard's long record of victories is doubly impressive because the team neither recruits experienced sailors nor discourages novices, Horn says, adding. "There is nothing planned about the team from year to year." Most sailors are beginners when they first join, and of the top five seniors this year, only Keane originally joined with a reputation already established before college...
...team splits into different groups to compete in up to eight events each weekend. Horn says, adding that frequent competition and three days of practice a week quickly whip the sailors into shape...
Regattas can involve up to eight hours of grueling efforts against opponents and the elements, Horn adds, contradicting the the popular myth of the gin and tonic sailor." Rotch agrees that anyone who has raced with the Harvard team knows there is a difference between pleasure sailing and collegiate racing...
...Horn agrees that most of his sailors just have the talent in them. "Really good sailors have an instinct you can't teach...