Word: shell
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...items of the debt were as follows: E. E. Water & Sons, due on shell, $206.00; '88 class crew, for one half-cost of boat broken in halves by the boat club last year, $181; Boston Tow Boat Company, for lifting launch on and off the cars, $80; class race flags, $50; Gynne & Co., $3; Gordon Dexter, for running expenses of launch last year, $161; C. D. Wilder & Co., $4.75, and $50 due Thomas Fearson on a pair-oared bought...
...April 1st, the crew began work at the boat-house, the '86 barge being substituted for the heavy 'Varsity boat. A week or two before the class races the crew changed from the barge to the shell. At present the men row alternately in the old '85 shell, which was so successful two years ago, and the new English cedar boat. A great deal has been said about this shell in the daily papers, but, nevertheless, a little description of it may be of interest...
...shell is made entirely of cedar with the exception of the paper decking in the bow and stern, and some of the inside rigging. Instead of having the common swivel row-lock, the boat is rigged with the old-fashioned tholepins, which look very clumsy. The seats are rather smaller than those in use in the Water boats, and run upon wooden rollers. The oars are very long, and the blades are only 6 1-2 inches wide; the oars in general use are generally a full inch wider...
...shell arrived from Water's yesterday morning, and this or the English boat will probably be used in the races...
Harvard's new English eight-oared shell is being re-rigged in the American style, and may, with this alteration, be an acceptable craft for practice pulls; but it is hardly believed the crew will use it in races. - Herald...