Word: shellful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tried to add more power, struggling to regain the half-length lead they had taken off the start, but it was going to be tough. Harvard was moving, and Navy, on the far lane, was only three-quarters of a length behind. Suddenly, Kaufmann noticed that the new Pocock shell in which he was sitting was beginning to ride a little lower in the water...
Within a few seconds, his oar was stubbornly refusing to come out of the murky water on the recovery, and within another moment or two, his feet were becoming unusually wet. It was the Titanic disaster all over again. The proud new Joseph Burk shell, christened just three hours before, was sinking on its maiden voyage, and with it, any hope Pennsylvania had of spoiling Harvard's best afternoon in five years...
Harvard, with the pressure abruptly relieved, turned its attention to holding off inspired Navy for the final third of the race, and as Midshipman second-class Charles Munns strained mightily at his oar, Navy began to move on the Crimson shell. Then, Harvard cox Dave Weinberg called for power, and his boat responded with a smooth, explosive spring, that reopened the margin and won the Adams Cup Saturday--for the first time since 1968 by a little more than a length...
...Penn shell, its plastic decking ripped open, was completely submerged by this time, and all that was visible were nine fairly disgusted heads. The Quaker launch quickly rescued all, and the unbeaten showdown, or at least the final 750 meters of it, was postponed until the EARC Sprint regatta next Saturday at Worcester...
...length victory, and a sweep was a distinct possibility. But Penn jumped the Harvard varsity at the start, leading by a half-length for a time. Then, at the midway point, the Crimson, stroked by Gene LaBarre, caught the Quakers and had begun to pass when the Penn shell filled with water...