Word: lightweights
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hansen, the women's open single scull champion in 1977, is racing in singles this year, as is the men's lightweight coach, Bruce Beall. "We de-emphasize the race because we start later than other schools." Beall says, referring to the Harvard crews. "We haven't done enough conditioning yet. The Head is a funny race. It emphasizes the coxswain's role because of all the cornering and passing. Conditions are not equal for all teams in that sense; sometimes you get caught behind a slow boat that won't pull over. A lot of fun, but just sort...
Foreign entries are down this year, probably because most teams, looking ahead to the Olympics, are conserving their resources. Kingston College at Oxford has an entry in the championship fours and Charles Luckman from Perth. Australia, home of the America's Cup, is competing in the lightweight singles. Each year as a reward for the season, Canada sends its national team to the Head and its boats should be contending throughout...
...Varsity Lightweight crew; Hvd Rugby Club; House Comm. Officer; Co-Leader Fellowship of Christian Athletes; PBH Big-Brother; Ride for Life...
...restoration of the nearby Erechtheum. That project is nearly completed; the scaffolding of the Erechtheum is scheduled for removal in 1984. At this temple engineers also encountered irons rusting within marble. After tearing down the Erechtheum's walls, they replaced the rods with rustproof titanium, a strong, lightweight metal commonly used in airplane engines and earth-orbiting craft...
Modeled on Courageous, the America's Cup winner in 1974 and 1977, the little Illusion has the feel of a big boat. Most one-man competitive craft like the Force Five (price: $1,925) are faster than the mini-12s, but they are lightweight and prone to tipping. The mini-12s have keels weighted with lead ballast to make them self-righting. So instead of hanging out over the side to keep the boat upright in a stiff breeze, the skipper stays tucked inside the cockpit in roughly the position of someone sitting on a chaise longue. He steers...