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...entries of Dartmouth, Shadow and Carolina, did consistently well throughout the series; while the Crimson entry, Pastime, placed third in the first race of the first day, fifth in the second, and seventh in the third, which was the most difficult one, being 5 miles in length, windward and leeward, instead of the compromise 4 1-2 mile course of the first two races. These first three races were sailed in light, changing breezes, and on a flat sea, it was hoped that Cornell would be able to take place in the series, but she was unable to boat...
...were passing along an iceberg when another berg charged, passed, missing them by yards. The charging berg "ran up against the first berg with a heavy thud that would have squeezed us to powder. . . . We saw in the far distance the reflection of the moon on an iceberg to leeward...
...feed-tray for birds. The circular core, hung on a duraluminum mast planted on, not in, the ground, is lashed together by guy-wires on a system of triangular tensions, like an airplane. A square house piles up air pressure on the windward side, creates a vacuum on the leeward side, thus sucking the heat out. The streamlined house slides the wind off, fills the leeward vacuum space, saves heat, requires less resistance to wind stress. A cone on the housetop lets in air which settles evenly down in a slow draft...
...junior event Cornell is first, Harvard second, and Tech third. In the matter of lanes however, there is little advantage, there being no leeward or windward positions. The water is brought for everyone, or the water is smooth for everyone. The only ones who really suffer from the wind are the spectators, that is, if the wind is accompanied by rain, for the observation train here is exposed to the elements...
...raced for the big silver cup the Johnson brothers, Graham and Lowndes, of Easton, Md., won last year in New Orleans with Eel. The boats were Stars?the most popular class of racing sloops in the world, 22 ft. 7½ in. long, Marconi rigged. Sometimes they went windward and leeward off Gibson Island Clubhouse, to a buoy and back, and sometimes around a little triangular course in which they turned eight buoys although the course totaled only 10? mi. Stars are fast in light airs, but on the Chesapeake they had two days of strong racing weather. On the last...