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...blanket-bundled spectators who will line the shores Sunday starting at 11 a.m., sipping rum and feasting on fried chicken, the regatta is a reminder of what rowing used to be. As they admire the precision and the colors, and revel in the bygone aristocratic ambience, most are unaware of the dog-eat-dog competition--the aggressive rowing, shrewd steering, even the confidence in a coxswain's voice--which separates the winners from the nature lovers...
Although Parker says that the Head is just "a fun race," it is the only regatta all year in which Harvard oarsmen can expect tough fights for the top spots in every event. The most exciting race should be the elite fours in which strong crews from Vesper and Potomac boat clubs and from MIT will challenge Harvard's two entries all the way up the course...
...best sailing was in the B Division, where skipper Pam Mack and her crew Sarah Herrick finished five races in first place and five in second place for a regatta total of 15 points...
Powered by a blustering wind that left seven of their competitors' boats capsized in a chilly Charles River, the Radcliffe varsity sailing squad won the two-day Victorian Coffee Urn Regatta here last weekend for the second consecutive year...
...freshman competition, rookies Bob DuBois and Bucknell Webb took third place for the Crimson. The rules of the regatta required that the crew and skipper swap roles midway in a match...