Word: launching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Columbia crews have been given the use of a private steam yacht in place of their launch, which was found to be too slow...
...boat returned, half an hour later, the Columbia launch steamed up river again, towing the shell and carrying the crew back to their quarters. They row with a somewhat quick but very powerful stroke. They rowed their first mile - as long as they could be seen well from the quarters - with a good rate of speed on, and with about 36 strokes to the minute...
...item of $161 was paid back to a committee which thought last spring that it had enough money to pay for running the launch, but found last autumn, after the launch-running season was over, that it didn't have enough money after all. Is this "apparent" or real carelessness...
...rest, the item $80 for lifting the launch upon the cars, we only this week found was our debt, owing to a flaw in the agreement with the New London Railroad, which we supposed responsible for the debt...
Since that time the men have been coached almost daily by Brooks, '87, both from the launch and from the coxswain's seat...