COST OF UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE
I.IKI-. most other smut! filings. Mu' English university boat rare cos.s about twice as much as it did before the war. Racing boats have risen in i price from £iiS !o about £l3O, and practically everything else lias gone ii;> proportionately. All the material used must, be of the best, sycamore for the ribs, pine for (lie backbone and side lines, and cedar for (he planking. The ears, made of Canadian spruce, cost more than £2 each. And all this, as there is no "gate," lias to bo paid for by the respective boat clubs, the total cost /e- each being about £650,
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3345, 13 May 1926, Page 3
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108COST OF UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3345, 13 May 1926, Page 3
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