• The 135th Boat Race took place on 25 March 1989. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford...
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  • The Boat Race is an annual set of rowing races between the Cambridge University Boat Club and the Oxford University Boat Club, traditionally rowed between...
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    boat play/game, but can be translated to boat race in English. The most popular event of the race is the competition of Chundan Vallams (snake boats)...
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  • Merit entries). The vast difference in speed and capability of the many different boats involved in the 1989 to 1990 race lead to the creation of a committee...
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    The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the men's senior boat clubs of the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the "Dark...
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  • The Women's Boat Race is an annual rowing race between Cambridge University Boat Club and Oxford University Women's Boat Club. First rowed in 1927, the...
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  • The 133rd Boat Race took place on 28 March 1987. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford...
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  • The 136th Boat Race took place on 31 March 1990. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford...
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  • Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny is a non-fiction book written by Dan Topolski and Patrick Robinson and published in 1989. It tells the story of the 1987...
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    after the 1989–1990 race led to the development of the Whitbread 60 single design. This was a reaction to increasing costs of the biggest, "maxi", boats, and...
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    The Vendée Globe is a single-handed (solo) non-stop round the world yacht race. The race was founded by Philippe Jeantot in 1989, and since 1992 has taken...
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  • This is a list of the Oxford University crews who have competed in The Boat Race since its inception in 1829. A coxswain or oarsman earns their rowing...
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  • True Blue (1996 film) (category The Boat Race)
    the 1989 book True Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny by Daniel Topolski and Patrick Robinson. It follows the 1987 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race and the disagreement...
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  • The 134th Boat Race took place on 2 April 1988. Held annually, the event is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and...
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  • Cambridge. The event included the Lightweight Men's Boat Race from 1975 to 2018, the Women's Boat Race from 1977 to 2014, the Lightweight Women's Boat Race from...
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    The Harvard–Yale Regatta or Yale-Harvard Boat Race (often abbreviated The Race) is an annual rowing race between the men's heavyweight rowing crews of...
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    Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 novel of the same...
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    Calais, France. In the United States, the APBA (American Power Boat Association) was formed soon thereafter and the first U.S. recorded race was in 1911, in...
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  • Patrick Robinson (author) (category British expatriates in the United States)
    and Patrick Robinson) (1985) True Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny (Daniel Topolski with Patrick Robinson) (1989) One Hundred Days (Sandy Woodward and...
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    Rowing (sport) (category Boating)
    established boat clubs in the world. The Boat Race between Oxford University and Cambridge University first took place in 1829, and was the second intercollegiate...
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  • The Sunday Times Golden Globe Race was a non-stop, single-handed, round-the-world yacht race, held in 1968–1969, and was the first non-stop round-the-world...
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    along the river in Porto and Gaia. Every year on June 24, St John's Day, a race of rabelo boats is held, an important and popular part of the festivities...
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    Ben Ainslie (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
    improving his match racing skills as helmsman of the 'B' boat used to practice and tune the race boat helmed by Dean Barker. Team Origin – Royal Thames...
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    with the America's Cup attracts the world's top sailors, yacht designers, wealthy entrepreneurs and sponsors. It is a test of sailing skill, boat and sail...
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  • the loss of Admiral Lord Nelson belonged to the dispatch boat which first brought the news to the Admiralty in London. A 1000-mile sea race from the location...
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    Joffrey Verbruggen (category 1989 births)
    Verbruggen (born 7 February 1989 in Brussels) is a Belgian actor. His acting credits include Unspoken (2008), The Boat Race (2009), Superstar (2012), Dead...
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    Outrigger boats are various watercraft featuring one or more lateral support floats known as outriggers, which are fastened to one or both sides of the main...
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    (formerly the Australian Universities Boat Race), and is competed for annually at the Australian University Games or the Australian University Rowing Championships...
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  • and powered home to win the race by two boat lengths. Since 2011, the tenth anniversary race, the format changed from the two boat competition of previous...
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    dimensions of the yacht. Much public attention however, focuses on the race for "line honours" – the first boat across the finishing line, typically the newest...
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