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Intro and Foreword to Dan Boyne's new book The Seven Seat

Dan Boyne's Introduction and Ed Hewitt's Foreward to Boyne's latest book, The Seven Seat  more

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Chapter Eighteen: A Good Victory Lasts Forever

The final chapter of Dan Boyne's 'The Seven Seat: A True Story of Rowing, Redemption, and Revenge'  more

Dan Boyne's 'The Seven Seat: A True Story of Rowing, Redemption, and Revenge'
Chapter Seventeen: The City of Brotherly Love

As we crossed over the Girard Bridge, we got a quick bird's eye view of the historic Schuylkill waterway, the one we'd soon be racing on.  more

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Chapter Sixteen: The Winds of Waramaug

Every waterway has its own character, but lakes are notably different from rivers. They can be bucolic and still in the early hours of the morning, but quite dangerous later in the day if the wind rises. And this is exactly what happened that afternoon on Lake Waramaug.  more

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Chapter Fifteen: Culture Clash at Columbia

We'd come off the line at a 42 and settled (if you wanted to call it that) to a 38. We were out ahead of Columbia by a length, but it wasn't pretty. We were rowing scared - not entirely a surprise after our unsettling warm-up on the Harlem River.  more

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Chapter Fourteen: The Stern Pair

In crew, you often become closest to the guys you sit immediately beside, and Peter Tyson and I were no exception. We generally got along well - except when it came to the question of stroke ratings.  more

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Chapter Thirteen: Close Call at Coast Guard

Trinity was going to head-to-head with archrival Coast Guard - but I was going toe-to-toe with Michael Caluso, the bully who made my life miserable in high school  more

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Chapter Twelve: The Ghost Boat

I woke up, feverish and sweaty, exhausted from the nightmare of an imagined race. Suddenly I heard the knocking from my dream again...  more

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Chapter Eleven: Dress Rehearsal

Sometimes there is only one remedy for tragedy, and that is comedy.  more

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Chapter Ten: Boys to Men

March is the cruelest month, for those who row  more

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Chapter Nine: Musical Chairs

It is perhaps more of an art form than a science to find the right combination of oarsmen in a crew to make a boat go well; or... "You can tell a crew has really figured things out when they learn not to follow the stroke." - Peter Haining  more

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Chapter Eight: Sisters

What I didn't realize about the women's team was that this year was to be something of a landmark in their short history  more

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Chapter Seven: A Woman of Substance

The social scene at Trinity was mostly limited to on-campus diversions, so the half dozen Greek fraternities on campus reigned supreme.  more

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Chapter Six: Heavies vs. Lights

This week, in Dan Boyne's "The Seven Seat: A True Story of Rowing, Redemption, and Revenge" - "In lieu of an adversary, we often create our own."  more

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Chapter Five: Big Bad Erg

In this week's excerpt from Dan Boyne's "The Seven Seat: A True Story of Rowing, Redemption, and Revenge:" "Which brings us to the Gamut erg... We had a nickname for it - the vomit-o-meter."  more

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Chapter Four: The Recalcitrant Coxswain

New this week in Dan Boyne's "The Seven Seat: A True Story of Rowing, Redemption, and Revenge:" "We were entering the last mile of the Head of the Charles; "C'mon, give me some real p-p-power! Make yourselves p-puke!" Phil said, in a sadistic, almost gleeful, tone of voice."  more

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Chapter Three: Warning: This Boathouse Is Protected by Dangerous Helios Rays

This week in Dan Boyne's "The Seven Seat: A True Story of Rowing, Redemption, and Revenge:" "Ah, fall rowing and the innocent joys of novice crew."  more

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Chapter Two: Beatings Make You Stronger

This week in Dan Boyne's "The Seven Seat: A True Story of Rowing, Redemption, and Revenge:" - "Before we go any further with this heroic rowing tale, I should probably confess that back in grade school I had a certain knack for getting beaten up."  more

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Chapter One

New from Dan Boyne: "The Seven Seat: A True Story of Rowing, Redemption, and Revenge:" - "What is it about those first fall days in New England that infuse us with the vigor to change our lives?"  more

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Preface to KELLY: A Father, a Son, an American Quest

High above the banks of the Schuylkill River, a few miles upstream from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, rests the imposing figure of a giant green man, the bronze statue of an oarsman in a single scull.  more