Word: launching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...freshman crews. Besides their regular shell, the 'varsity always carry down an extra one, to provide against accident, and this we can see wrapt up in cloths on the floor of the boat house. The boat-house provides accommodation for the boatman, and for the engineer of the launch...
...launch this year is a new one, bought through a subscription raised by a number of graduates. The engine and boilers are of the celebrated Herreschoff make, which has turned out so many of our fastest steam yachts, and though much smaller than Yale's or Columbia's launch, yet it makes up in being very much faster than either. The launch is a great convenience for coaching, and is the usual means of communication between New London and the quarters...
...rising over the trees. The Columbia crews, 'varsity and freshman, have been down here for ten days, and are working hard to wipe out their old defeats. They take two pulls every day, as our crews always have done, and are generally accompanied by the Carrie Goodwin, their launch. Last night, however, instead of going out in the afternoon, they waited until almost seven o'clock before they went out, and returned as late as nine o'clock. This was done probably to prevent the Harvard 'varsity from watching them, as it certainly could not be a good thing...
President Ames says that the secrecy and mystery adopted in '83 and '84 have been entirely done away with this year. He declares that everything at the boat-house is open to inspection at any time, and whenever there is room anyone can go out in the launch and see the crew row. The only thing kept secret is the time made, and this is not given out for obvious reasons...
...Harvard launch, to be used in coaching the university eight, was successfully launched at the south yard of the builders, George Lawley & Son, South Boston, yesterday forenoon. The launch is fifty feet long, with bow fore and att, and is equipped with Hereschoff boiler and engines. She is considered capable of making fourteen knots an hour, and during the day made a successful trip down...