Regattas

Regattas were limited to crumpled-paper boats propelled by blowing on them through straws.

Jane S. Smith: Memo: Camp Smitty to Camp Obama 2009

Regattas for sailing and yachting in the Olympics are supposed to take place in waterways that are now totally choked with algae resulting from massive chemical pollution, and thousands, including military, have been conscripted into algae cleaning efforts.

Beijing Air Pollution Will Kill Several Olympic Athletes; US Trainer Takes Precautions; Olympians Wearing Masks? 2008

In April, rowers participated in National Selection Regattas to qualify for

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Selection Regattas to qualify for a World Cup event May 28-30 in Munich, at which any rower who finished in the top four automatically qualified for the

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In April, rowers participated in National Selection Regattas to qualify for

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While there we suffered severely from Regattas; which swarm in the

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 10, 1892 Various

Regattas, parades, race-meetings, and popular entertainments and festivals of one kind or another, were, in fact, all reserved for Sunday.

The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe Fontenoy, Mme La Marquise De 1900

Judges and starters have been conveniently blind to this absurdity, but the public demonstration off St. Catherine's Light at the Autumn Regattas has borne ample, if tardy, fruit.

Actions and Reactions Rudyard Kipling 1900

The latter group, founded by David Rockefeller Jr., has partnered with US Sailing and the America's Cup to push a Clean Regattas program with 19 best practices, from reducing water bottle use to environmentally sound boat cleaning and maintenance.

SFGate: Top News Stories Speci datebookletters@sfchronicle.com (Paul Oliva 2011

The latter group, founded by David Rockefeller Jr., has partnered with US Sailing and the America's Cup to push a Clean Regattas program with 19 best practices, from reducing water bottle use to environmentally sound boat cleaning and maintenance.

SFGate: Top News Stories Speci datebookletters@sfchronicle.com (Paul Oliva 2011