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...despite some bad breaks, he engineered an undefeated season. At the beginning of the year Monk Terry, the outstanding lightweight stroke, decided to move up to heavies. His loss was a real blow, but Andersen juggled his men and came up with a championship boat. He adopted the new Stampfli boat this year and his oarsmen had to get used to that...
After Harvard's 22-second triumph last week over Dartmouth and Navy, Andersen has decided to stick with the new Stampfli boat for the rest of the season. Early in the week he tried to race the Stampfli against the Pocock, but the results were inconclusive. The comparison showed, at least, that the new, shorter boat was no slower than the Pocock...
...this race the crew will be trying out a new stampfli boat, instead of the regular pocock. Andersen said yesterday that he has not yet decided which boat to use for the remaining two races, but that he is happy to have the new boat. The stampfli is shorter than the pocock and rigged slightly differently. "It usually takes some time to make the switch," Anedrsen said...
Harvard's Stampfli shell will be carrying a three-year undefeated string, a world-wide reputation, and possibly Harry Parker's best crew ever when it hits the Charles River for its first 1967 race at 5:10 p.m. today...
...traditional Pocock shell is 61 feet long and the Stampfli shell which the varsity now uses is 58 feet. The hope is that the new English shell will offer less water resistance and go faster...