Yale in Gales Ferry

Members of the Yale crew team take to the water for a light practice row Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Yale and Harvard meet on the Thames Saturday morning in the 145th Harvard/Yale Regatta, rowing an upstream course ending in Bartlett Cove.

Members of the Yale crew team warm-up with a game they call "taps" prior to a practice row on the Thames.

Members of the Yale crew, from left, Grant Stegelmann, Phillippe Mastroyannis, Ian Forsyth and Jon Morgan team relax with a game of Connect Four in their Gales Ferry residence.

Yale rower Patrick Vergara, center with yellow bandana, reacts as members of his team play a game of "Kan Jam", a flying disc toss game, Wednesday, May 26, 2010 before a training row on the Thames.

Rowers head down the the water for a sunset row.

The rowers play a game of "taps" to warm-up before a row.

Yale coach John Pescatore meets with his team before a practice row.

Rowers gather their oars to start the row.

All four Yale boats row north on the Thames.

All four Yale boats, from left, varsity, junior varsity, combi and freshman, row south on the Thames past Dow Chemical.

The Yale crews row past a towering thunderhead on the eastern horizon.

The Yale crews hose-down their boats after an evening row.

Morgan Welch, coxswain for the third varsity boat of the Yale crew team watches her crew clean their boat following a light practice row.

Yale varsity crew coxwain Rebecca Burgoyne-Allen, left, watches as her crew take a plunge into the Thames following a practice row.

Yale varsity crew coxwain Rebecca Burgoyne-Allen, left, watches as her crew take a plunge into the Thames following a practice row.

Member of the third varsity stretch before a morning work-out.

Members of the Yale crew team take up residence and practice in Gales Ferry for the annual Yale-Harvard Regatta.