Word: ratzeburger
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...Eliot boat raced with an "Italian rig," having the number four and five men both rowing starboard. This rig is designed to reduce the torque in the middle of a shell resulting from the time delay in the starboard rowers; the world champion German Ratzeburg crew has also adopted...
PHILADELPHIA, May 11--West Germany's Ratzeburg rowing club, racing as usual with its high but incredibly smooth broke, swept over the Schuylkill's 2000-meter course in 5:53.8 this afternoon, beating Penn by about a length and Harvard by a length and a half. By finishing second, Penn became the first college crew to defeat Harvard this year...
...Ratzeburg, which compared to most American crews uses a slightly shorter stroke with a much faster recovery near the front end, started the race at a 47 and rowed most of the course at approximately a 38. About a quarter mile from the finish, the Penn eight, rowing at a 42, drew even with the Germans. Ratzeburg thereupon raised its stroke to a 42 or 43, and while Penn fans cheered wildly, the two boats matched stroke for stroke over the next four or five lengths...
...crews moved into the last hundred yards, however, the Ratzeburg boat edged steadily ahead, and the Penn eight for a moment seemed in danger of slipping to third place behind Harvard...