Word: launching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...launch for the University Boat club has been completed and will leave New York in a day or two. Everything seems to be satisfactory, but not until the launch has been put to a severe test, can satisfaction be assured. This necessary test will be made on her trip from New York. Mr. Charles R. Cowley of Brooklyn was the builder of the launch. The dimensions are as follows: Length, 45 feet, beam 7 feet, draft 30 inches aft, 18 inches for ward, cockpit for and aft, accommodation for from fifteen to twenty passengers. The hull is made of white...
...evening a concert was given in the Opera House before an audience numbering more than a thousand. On Tuesday morning the clubs left for Charleston in their special car, arriving at noon. They were met by a number of gentlemen and were immediately taken on a steam launch up the river to Magnolia Gardens, and afterwards to their hotel. A concert was given in the evening in the Charleston Opera House, followed by a reception at the house of Mr. Henry Buist, '84. Leaving Wednesday morning on a special train, the men arrived at Atlanta...
...Yale launch is undergoing repairs and will be ready for use by the middle of next week...
Perhaps some men do not know the large amount of money needed by the crew, and cannot appreciate that without this amount of money victory is hopeless. The fact is that this year the crew is in need of an unusually large amount of money. A new launch is an absolute necessity, for without it the crew can receive no proper coaching; the tank, although built with the utmost economy, cost several hundred dollars; and a new shell must be bought. Thanks to last year's management, the crew is out of debt, but the expenses this year will...
...Yale launch has been laid up for the winter...