James Modisette, a junior in aeronautics and astronautics, and Daniel Bercovici, a senior in chemistry, handle a 20-foot Olympic Star boat in the White Trophy Regatta held earlier this month in Boston Harbor. MIT, which took fifth place, hosted the 12-team event at the Cottage Park Yacht Club in Winthrop. Photo / DAVID GROSSMAN

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on October 29, 2003.