One of the quarter boats was launched first and sent outside to see if landing could be made.

One of Courtney victories was only by a quarter boat length.

She had one long boat and two quarter boats.

Wagstaffe was inspecting the men who would be accompanying him in the other quarter boat.

Harvard's junior varsity also won its race, though by a slimmer 1.64 second margin, or a quarter boat length.

Though lifted to the very top of the cranes, the windward quarter boat (Ahab's) did not escape.

Harvard's four paddled to victory by two and a quarter boat lengths over Aberdeen University.

She also lost one of her quarter boats and experienced a wind shift at 2030 UTC.

After nine months ashore four of the crew decided to attempt to sail to New Zealand in one of the quarter boats.

The second quarter boat took a number of passengers and crew including Mrs Jewell to the first boat for transfer.

In September 1856, she collided with the Teignmouth brig Blanche and lost a quarter boat.

The chief engineer and two firemen, took the quarter boat, rowed to land and placed a line between land and the wrecked ship.

Harvard's freshman heavyweights beat Britain's Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, by two and a quarter boat lengths, in 7:05.

Once again the Calypso anchored and this time Ramage ordered all the boom boats to be hoisted out and the quarter boats lowered.

Ramage shouted across Wagstaffe's orders and the schooner bore up towards the convoy, men running aft to the falls of the quarter boat, ready to lower it.

The Hoyas also overcame a squall that churned up the mile-and-five-sixteenths course to defeat the Terriers by one and a quarter boat lengths in 7 minutes 3 seconds.

After the sinking of the ship and the capsizing of the long boat the remaining two quarter boats pulled up outside the cave and decided to row for Disappointment Island.

Searle had defeated Jamie Koven, the United States national team's sculler, by one and a quarter boat lengths in Saturday's semifinal in what turned out to be the key race for the cup.

After its 3-foot victory over England's Molesey Boat Club on Friday, Princeton had a breather today, pulling away from Syracuse to win its semifinal by two and a quarter boat lengths.

One of theLively's quarter boats was lowered and the bosun climbed down into it, to be rowed round the ship to make sure all the yards were squared: that they were all hanging absolutely horizontally.

The sergeant with six men was standing by at one of the quarter boats with Aitken who, with a cutlass slung over his shoulder and a pistol clipped to his belt, waited with ill-concealed impatience.

The second quarter boat stayed out of the danger area but three people (David Ashworth, Aaron Hayman and William Sanguily) were able to swim through the surf to the quarter boat.

You'd better double-bank 'em; it's not a long row but the quicker we . . ." Ramage turned to the Master as Aitken hurried forward: "Brother Southwick, I must disturb your revolutionary thoughts long enough to have the quarter boats lowered."

Yale's junior varsity lightweights, benefiting from a row-over Friday in the Temple Challenge Cup, Henley's third-echelon eights event, spotted Harvard's freshman heavyweights an average of 24 pounds an oarsman, yet made a race out of its semifinal, losing to the Crimson by one and a quarter boat lengths.