Word: tech
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Yacht Club, had decided that the engagement was informal enough to warrant a crew from Radcliffe, which "was practically part of Harvard anyway." Willcox's brother was in the Dartmouth boat, and Charlie Miller '41, the CRIMSON's exhepcat, had ensconced himself in the hold of the Tech dinghy. Only Brown seemed to have come directly for racing. At the end of three races, approximately when the sun went down, M. I. T. had ten points to its credit and was declared winner. The Harvard-Radcliffe aggregation had garnered nine, thereby qualifying for the second position, one point ahead...
With great care a course was laid out which would make jibing an absolute impossibility, and here the mighty Miller almost proved his worth. The Tech boat became involved in a wonderful luffing match during which they toured the New Hampshire countryside...
Through these tactics it became necessary to tack down wind in order to reach the leeward mark, and while the Tech skipper was figuring out problems of aerodynamic import on his calibrated sliderule, the great Miller with consummate ease jibed his craft three times, but on each occasion his machinations bailed and Tech ran off with the "championship...
According to Bert Haines, the fifties' coach, the eight to beat is not Tech, as might be expected, but rather Princeton. At any rate the finish in prospect should be one of the best in Charles River history...
Also scheduled to partake in races over the Henley course are the Freshman and Junior Varsity fifties. Except for Tech, the entries in these events are rather questionable...