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...Regatta results] speak very well to our preparation for the week and a half leading up to events,” Devlin said. “We can focus exclusively on sailing when other teams have school, and that may have something to do with...
...normal SWOOSH of eight blades releasing and the smooth hum of the slides working quickly back up the tracks, I heard a distinct CRASH and then a THUNK. From that sound, I knew, instinctively, that the race was over. There is no breakage rule at Henley. In domestic regattas, if something breaks within the first 150 meters, the race is restarted. Not so across the pond. If anything goes wrong, as it did, our regatta is over...
Four weeks of training, nine plane tickets, and nine crimson blazers—all for just three brief strokes that only gave a glimpse of what the rowers hoped to accomplish. The Harvard varsity lightweights’ lengthy stay at the Henley Royal Regatta was predetermined by flight reservations, but the Crimson’s tenure on the water proved ephemeral at best...
...rest of the regatta, lightweight boats from Yale and Cornell competed in the Temple Challenge Cup. The Big Red fell in the quarterfinals, while Yale lost the championship race to Trinity College...
...warmth of the people is best experienced during the summer's weekly regatta of pilot boats?these six-oared rowing boats were originally used to take crew to Atlantic ships. Now on Wednesdays (women's races) and Fridays (men's), hundreds of locals congregate in Hugh Town's harbor to watch or take part. The Scillys also have one of the world's greatest concentrations of shipwrecks per square mile. Noteworthy wrecks include The Eagle, which went down just west of St. Agnes in 1707, and the anemone-covered King Cadwallen, which sank in 1906. Good underwater visibility ensures excellent...