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Yesterday, i was in Orlando for a crew regatta for my sons crew team
and walked over to a marina next door. It was Lake Fairview Marina on Lake Fairview in Orlando. They had a shelter under which were several handmade boats including a Stevenson Projects "Weekender" that was a true work of art. She was made from Southern Yellow Pine finished and sealed to perfection with a clear coat. Every detail was perfect and she almost glowed. She even had custom made sails from some sort of tanbark colored material. I was seriously impressed. She was for sale, asking price was $9000. This seems very high for such a small boat but not for a work of art. I could imagine someone buying this boat not to sail but just as an object of beauty but where would you put her? Any sailing use would very quickly spoil her looks so I can only think her builder had decided she wouldnt be sailed long before she was finished. I am impressed but cannot understand the motivation of her builder. |
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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". |
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Or nit nit?
How about crew/team? Roger http://home.insightbb.com/~derbyrm "raoul" wrote in message ... 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". |
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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. |
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To say "crew team" is as ponderious and illinformed as saying "Crew
crew" or "Team team". Or Boutros Boutros? |
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"raoul" wrote in message
... 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". You tell'm, Raoul :{)) L8R Skip, Frosh, JV and Varsity small college champ seat 5, many years ago However, unless you're a rower, that's a totally common mistake, and most of us rowers let it slide (well, you did know that the only "real" rowing has lots of sliding, didn't you??)... -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig http://tinyurl.com/384p2 The vessel as Tehamana, as we bought her "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain |
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On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:03:57 +0100, "mislav"
wrote: To say "crew team" is as ponderious and illinformed as saying "Crew crew" or "Team team". Or Boutros Boutros? hehehe,.... oh, sorry, I'm not meant to be laughing, am I? :-) Brian Whatcott Altus OK |
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I rowed on the Oregon State University Varsity CREW Team. That's what it's
officially called, like it or not. Same with Stanford, MIT, University of Washington many other respectable organizations with long histories. That said, note that the following page shows the terms to be pretty evenly split in actual usage: http://www.truesport.com/Row/links.htm Brian D "raoul" wrote in message ... 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". |
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In article , Brian D
wrote: I rowed on the Oregon State University Varsity CREW Team. That's what it's officially called, like it or not. Same with Stanford, MIT, University of Washington many other respectable organizations with long histories. That said, note that the following page shows the terms to be pretty evenly split in actual usage: Not suprising that OSU can't get it right. It is a rowing crew OR a rowing team. Not both. And I don't care what you or anyone else says. The University of Washington DOES NOT have a crew team. I was on the comittiee that researched and advised the guy who wrote the history of Washington Crew for our Centennial in 2003. No where will you find Washington referred to as a "crew team". That is shear ignorance. raoul Washington '78 http://www.truesport.com/Row/links.htm Brian D "raoul" wrote in message ... 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". |
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Nit pick all you want. My son is on the crew rowing team, get over it.
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On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:26:44 -0800, raoul wrote:
In article , Brian D wrote: I rowed on the Oregon State University Varsity CREW Team. That's what it's officially called, like it or not. Same with Stanford, MIT, University of Washington many other respectable organizations with long histories. That said, note that the following page shows the terms to be pretty evenly split in actual usage: Not suprising that OSU can't get it right. It is a rowing crew OR a rowing team. Not both. And I don't care what you or anyone else says. The University of Washington DOES NOT have a crew team. I was on the comittiee that researched and advised the guy who wrote the history of Washington Crew for our Centennial in 2003. No where will you find Washington referred to as a "crew team". That is shear ignorance. raoul "raoul" wrote in message ... 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". Raoul was so sure (not to mention condescending, about OSU) I felt the call to Google using this string:"crew team" Hmmmm.. Georgetown and Bryn Mawr web sites both refer to their crew team. Well, what do you know? (You actually have to pay real money to get into those, unlike WU) Oh! and Western Washington U mentions their crew team.... :-) Brian (more in sorrow) Whatcott |
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In article , Brian Whatcott
wrote: On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:26:44 -0800, raoul wrote: In article , Brian D wrote: I rowed on the Oregon State University Varsity CREW Team. That's what it's officially called, like it or not. Same with Stanford, MIT, University of Washington many other respectable organizations with long histories. That said, note that the following page shows the terms to be pretty evenly split in actual usage: Not suprising that OSU can't get it right. It is a rowing crew OR a rowing team. Not both. And I don't care what you or anyone else says. The University of Washington DOES NOT have a crew team. I was on the comittiee that researched and advised the guy who wrote the history of Washington Crew for our Centennial in 2003. No where will you find Washington referred to as a "crew team". That is shear ignorance. raoul "raoul" wrote in message ... 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". Raoul was so sure (not to mention condescending, about OSU) I felt the call to Google using this string:"crew team" Hmmmm.. Georgetown and Bryn Mawr web sites both refer to their crew team. Well, what do you know? (You actually have to pay real money to get into those, unlike WU) Oh! and Western Washington U mentions their crew team.... Perhaps they are all wrong? To compare the rowing programs at these other places to Washington's is laughable. |
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