And they have been broken continuously since the first intercollegiate sporting event in the 1840s when Harvard allegedly used ringers against Yale in a boat race, sponsored by a railroad company.
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What makes life different for a Boat Race cox is that, uniquely over this stretch of water, the crews are side by side, with nothing separating them except the view of the umpire.
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They will also go to Prince Edward Island, where the confederation of Canada's provinces was signed in 1864 and where, 147 years later, William and Kate will race against each other in a dragon boat race.
As part of the Australian crew, her boat won a race the year before last and she was involved in some of the legs of the race.
Through a spectacular racing boat, RACE FOR WATER aims to promote innovation with universities by developing tools and systems to measure the water footprint and micro-plastic pollution in the oceans.
The harrowing, around-the-world Volvo Ocean Race is about halfway done and one boat celebrating a new lead over the fleet is getting some bad news: this might be your last race.
The ambassador boat Race for Water gives us a wonderful opportunity to promote our global observing system further.
Thursday's incident marks the second time a boat has capsized during practice for the 2013 race while attempting a bear-away.
Thursday's incident marks the second time a boat has capsized during practice for the 2013 race while attempting this maneuver.
We're delighted to have the boat not just on the podium for a single race for the first time in four campaigns, but overall, which is what we set out to achieve and we've achieved it.
Cambridge's president is Wayne Pommen, who missed out last year when his boat crashed into a motor launch on the eve of the race.
The Boat Race is unique because it takes place over a course that not only twists and turns - unlike the 2, 000m Olympic course - but does so on tidal water, where the pace of the stream varies, and conditions are never the same from one day to the next.
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Winds in the 1911 race were clocked at 82mph and wrecked a well-known boat, the Vencedor, near Charlevoix, Michigan.
Winds in the 1911 race were clocked at 82mph and wrecked a well-known boat, the Vencedor, near Charlevoix, Mich.
Since then a variety of sponsors, including Cadillac and Motorola, have poured millions of dollars into the event only to walk away, frustrated by disorganization, erratic television coverage and the constant threat that the boat they back won't even survive the semifinals of a race that is held every four years or so.
The former Royal Marine won international fame in 1997 when he was rescued after surviving on "sheer determination, a little water and a little chocolate" for five days in the upturned hull of his boat in the Southern Ocean during the Vendee Globe race.
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