Re: Pet Peeve Time

Nit pick all you want.  My son is on the crew rowing team, get over it.

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

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

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".

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.