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...SALE. - The cutter "Daisy" by Fay, Southampton; 32 ft. over all; 8 1-2 ft. beam; lead keel; 8 1-4 tons; suit 14 sails, mostly linen, by Lapthome; complete outfit. Apply to J. N. Palmer, 68 Thayer...
...Must be careful to swing over the keel. Slumps at both ends of the stroke. Doesn't keep a steady pressure on his stretcher. Should keep his eyes in the boat...
...Breaks up the uniformity of the boat by raising his oar too high on the full reach, and then splashing it into the water. Does not swing over the keel and swings back too far. Does not finish neatly...
...pretty bad; they are slow in starting forward, and they do not get their shoulders on quick enough. They do not hold their oars with a firm enough grasp, and keep changing their grip all the time. Their swinging is very bad, hardly a man swinging right over the keel...
...very difficult thing to do, for it demands absolutely perfect control of the body. The men back of number seven have not yet attained the ease and grace which characterizes an efficient oarsman. Those from number two to number six do not always swing directly over the keel. The following individual faults were noticed last Friday. Number one had his arms bent on the "full reach," number two used his slide, bent his arms too soon after the catch, and swung back too far; number three had the inside wrist curved down instead of up, and was not gentle enough...