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...real thing. Richard Henry Dana Jr., Class of 1837, author of Two Years Before the Mast, took a deferment and had the time of his life. To cure his failing eyesight and to test his mettle, he took a leave of absence in 1834 and shipped as a common sailor aboard a ship bound for California, via the South Seas and Cape Horn. His account of the experience is well worth the read...
Clay Bischoff, a national champion sailor and co-captain of the Harvard squad, also excels in economics. Bischoff aspires to be the General Manager or President of a pro team...
...also a talented athlete—he placed on Princeton’s varsity football team as a first-year before deciding to focus on academics—and is remembered as a home-run baseball player and an avid sailor. The Rawls family vacations often involved skiing, mountain climbing or backpacking...
Consistent sailing proved invaluable, as no one sailor dominated the regatta. Those sailors who posted the most consistent results found themselves furthest ahead of the pack...
This season represents a rebuilding year of sorts, as Harvard looks to replace three prominent departed seniors including Susan Bonney, two-time women’s national champion Margaret Gill, and the ICSA College Sailor of the Year Sean Doyle...