Crimson sailors wound up only six points behind winning Princeton, but could manage only a fourth place finish in a field of 11 in a see-saw version of M.I.T.'s Owen Trophy Regatta held on the Charles River Basin last weekend.
Simultaneously, at the Coast Guard, Robert Spencer and Pete Farrow skippered two freshman boats to the Crimson's first victory in the NEISA Freshman Dinghy Championships since 1952.
On the Charles, flukey winds Saturday and the perennial Crimson problem of inconsistency kept the Harvard total down to 186 points. Of these, Carter Ford and crew Pete Drake copped individual high honors in the Regatta with 112 points in "A" Division, but it was Mike Lehman's turn for an off-day.
Harvard did have the satisfaction of nosing out Yale, which finished fifth in the Regatta with 182 points. Five teams, including the Crimson, led the Regatta at some time during the weekend, and when the last race threw the win to Princeton, only ten points separated the first six teams.
Next week the chips go down for Harvard in its bid for a berth in June's Nationals. The Crimson must finish first or second in the NEISA Dinghy Championships at M.I.T. and Winthrop in order to go to Annapolis in June.
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