Word: regatta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Coach Harry Parker's men, having emerged onto the still ice-patched Charles from the confines of Newell Boat House only last week, enter the California regatta at a severe disadvantage. Powerhouse crews from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Washington have been on the water since January...
...four days of flying at Point Fermin, an old lighthouse on top of a 175 foot cliff that was soarable at 2 p.m. every afternoon. We finished our trip to California with a spectacular hour flight into the sunset, just the two of us flying around watching a sailboat regatta with all its color and pageantry...
...championships at Yale, rounding out an up-and-down fall season. But despite the dismal showing against the victorious Elis, coach Michael Horn has reason to look forward to an interesting spring season. Remembering the triumphs of last fall--last week's impressive victory in the War Memorial Trophy regatta against a fleet that included Yale and a host of other New England powerhouses, as well as the early-season victory in the Penobscot Bay Open regatta--all Horn has to look for now is more consistency from a team that has already proven it can win the big races...
John Higginson, coach of Harvard's lightweight crew and a competitor himself, called the regatta 'splendid,' adding that Harvard's crew teams did not consider this a high-pressure event. "It's only a matter of pride, and the pride only surfaces after the results are in," he said...
...added that although the regatta was the sole event this fall for most rowers, Radcliffe freshmen look forward to the Tail of the Charles races in November...