Word: launching
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Some changes have been made in the University crew. Yesterday Perkins was changed from 4 to 6, and Upham went back to 4. The men were Jones, stroke, Goddard 7, Perkins 6, Tilton 5, Upham 4, Watriss 3, Hutchinson 2, Hartridge bow. In the absence of their own launch the crew are using a little launch hired for the purpose. It is too slow to keep up with the crew...
...launch, which was expected out last week, has been found to be nearly ruined. and it is necessary to get a new boiler for her at a considerable expense. It may be possible to find a boiler at second-hand: in case such a one is found the launch will be out within a week. In case it should be necessary to get a new boiler made, it will not be out for three weeks, at least. This delay makes a good deal of difference to the '91 crew, for while the iaunch is not on the river, Winthrop...
...Keyes has been away for over a week and captain Herrick has been coaching. The crew will go on the river in a few days and to a training table early in April. The launch will be got out about the first of April. For the past week the rowing has been done in the gymnasium. The drill has been entirely on the elementary principles of using the bodies and slides. From this time on there will be more attention paid to the finer points of body-work and watermanship. Since the speed of a crew depends on its mastery...
...launch is laid up for the winter at Sawley's yard, South Boston. The boat is an expensive one to run. She has a coil boiler which has a habit of bursting about every other day. The virtue of being able to get up steam in a few minutes has to be paid for by an uncertainty of keeping it up. The cost of keeping the boat in repair is fully equal to that of running her. She is not a good boat for cold weather. There is no house over the running gear, so that the many water pipes...
...about the end of March. This is unfortunate for the crew this year depends more than most crews upon the coaching they receive. The men are not expected to think for themselves or to be able to improve, except under the eye of a coach. If they had the launch out at the earliest possible minute, say March 1, the coaching could be done to much greater advantage. Many of the crew men are already impatient that such fine weather as the present should be wasted dawdling around in the tank. Without a launch it is impossible to do much...