raoul ) writes:
In article . com,
wrote:

Yesterday, i was in Orlando for a crew regatta for my sons crew team

OT: There is no such thing as a 'crew team'. You can have a rowing crew
or a rowing team but youcannot have a rowing crew team. "Crew" is
defined stricty as a group of people working on a task and, in this
case a group of people rowing together. "Team" is defined similarly.

To say "crew team" is as ponderious and illinformed as saying "Crew
crew" or "Team team".

Not quite, the crew would be only the people who are in the boat, while
the team could be all of the people associated with the boat including the
coach, equipment manager, sponsor, mascot, cheerleaders, and so forth. So
the crew team could be the crew and associated personnel.