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...normal 1500 meter course in the basin between the MIT and B.U. boathouse fell victim to the windy weather and turbulent waters. The two teams agreed to move the race upstream to the "powerhouse stretch," shortening the course by about 100 meters...
From 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, a boat will cross the Boston University boathouse starting line once every 10-15 seconds. The shells will row the rigorous three-mile course upstream to the finish line about one-half-mile past the Eliot Bridge...
...Eliot Bridge (next one upstream of Newell) is the connoisseur's choice vantage point for collisions. The inside position for this sharp turn is crucial, and tangled oars are a frequent occurrence between shells battling for the coveted spot. The turn reverses through the bridge, and more mishaps often ensue in the attempt to cross to the other side...
...miles gone and you're heading into that Eliot turn. Remember the heart attacks you had as a freshman cox, how you hated practice upstream because you couldn't make that turn going downstream, how the coach yelled as you drifted into the center of the river? Well, now imagine all those coxswains who didn't grow up on the Charles, and they're seeing that turn for the first time. And freaking. And spilling over the buoys into your course. Hold your water, yell at them, and put your port oars over the buoys. Don't miss...
...sent many of the 35,000 citizens of Minot, N.Dakota, scurrying to higher land. The U.S. Government has poured funds into various flood control measures, but to little avail; and now Congress is considering construction of a $100 million dam that would flood some 30,000 acres of land upstream from the town...