Word: launching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...varsity crew went out yesterday at 5 o'clock. The inability to use the launch is seriously felt in coaching the crew; yesterday, Mr. Watson coached the crew from a pair-oar. Schroll is at present rowing 6 and Tilton 4; Carpenter and Gorham, substitutes...
...varsity launch came to grief again Tuesday afternoon. While she was travelling along under a heavy pressure of steam in order to keep up with the crew, the connecting rod of the low-pressure cylinder broke, knocking off the cylinder head and smashing things generally. This necessitated taking the launch to the dry-dock for repairs. In the evening the engineer started with her for the lower basin, but she became unmanageable and went aground on a mud bank off the Crescent Boat Club house. The skid on the keel stuck in the mud and prevented the tide from floating...
...steam launch has been put in order and is now used daily by the committee while coaching the crew...
...probable that there will be tickets issued by the Boat Club which will permit men to watch the 'varsity crew row from the launch...
...tide ran very low indeed, and those of the crews were obliged to wade knee-deep into the water to launch their shells...