Word: launching
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Harvard Rowing Committee, under the chairmanship of Mr. R. F. Herrick '90, contracted with A. P. Homer, of Boston, for the purchase of a new launch of unique design especially planned for crew coaching. It will be constructed by the Bath Marine Construction Company, in whose offices the plans were drawn. The launch is to be a V-bottomed boat 30 feet by 5 feet 6 inches, equipped with a four-cylinder 18-25 H.P. Sterling engine of the most improved type, including among other accessories a Bosch magneto and a rear starter, the guaranteed speed being 16 miles...
...Gales Ferry, Conn., June 19, 1911.--In the afternoon the Yale crews were sent down-stream over the four-mile course at an easy pace. On the last mile the stroke was raised to 34. No attempt was made for speed. Morton F. Plant watched the row from the launch "Elihu Yale...
...Yale crew was sent over the full four-mile course this afternoon. The stroke was kept low and no attempt was made to reach racing speed. The time given out was 23 minutes, 38 seconds. After the row the men were taken back to their quarters in the launch Elihu Yale. The conditions were perfect. A change was made in the university four-oared crew today; Howe was put in at stroke, Appleton going back to 2, displacing Buckingham, whose condition is not up to standard...
...morning when Hay, the Freshman coxswain was taken ill and was sent back to Cambridge. N. Roosevelt was summoned to take his place. The other men are all in good condition. R. F. Herrick '90 paid a short visit to the quarters today and watched the crews from the launch...
This morning the crews will take their last row before leaving for New London on Monday. The launch John Harvard left on Thursday and the shells will be shipped tomorrow morning...