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The Husky Clipper, the shell that the “boys in the boat” row to Olympic victory in 1936, symbolizes the collaborative nature of the sport of rowing, and the overall story and victory of Joe Rantz’s Washington team. United in the pursuit of glory, the nine oarsmen—along with their coaches, as well as George Pocock, the boat’s designer—work together to win a gold medal.
The Husky Clipper Quotes in The Boys in the Boat
The The Boys in the Boat quotes below all refer to the symbol of The Husky Clipper. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Prologue
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I shook Joe's hand again and told him I would like to come back and talk to him some more, and that I’d like to write a book about his rowing days. Joe grasped my hand again and said he’d like that, but then his voice broke once more and he admonished me gently, "But not just about me. It has to be about the boat."
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The Husky Clipper Symbol Timeline in The Boys in the Boat
The timeline below shows where the symbol The Husky Clipper appears in The Boys in the Boat. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 13
...made Joe and his peers the varsity team—from now on, they’d be rowing in the Husky Clipper , a beautiful, sleek shell, even by Pocock’s high standards. Perhaps the boys in the...
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Chapter 16
...highly disciplined. As the American team was preparing to practice, a photographer accidentally broke the Husky Clipper . Pocock worked to repair the shell while the team practiced in a less aerodynamic...
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Chapter 17
...made a point of backing off and letting the boys rest. Pocock had rebuilt the Husky Clipper for the Washington team; however, he noted that the American boats being used for the...
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Epilogue
The last “survivor” of the 1936 Olympic crew team is the Husky Clipper itself, the boat in which the Americans rowed. She’s kept at the University of Washington,...
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