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CDC said:
Digger said:
CDC said:
Slightly amazed that anyone needs these. I've never found the sweat on yours hands to be a massive issue, even erging in hot weather, at altitude, or for long sessions of 60min+ where you are sweating around 1litre per hour. You're only hooking the handle in your finger tips after all.
Could be linked to technique issues rather than amount of sweat produced?
One of the least thought-through posts of the day! Could be linked to technique issues rather than amount of sweat produced?
Just be grateful that you're not a free sweater then.
Perhaps have a review of how tightly you are holding the handle, and how much of your hand is wrapped around it? Loose grip in the fingertips could alleivate some of the problem. Ignore me if you are already doing this.
I have very small hands and the C2 handles appear quite thick as it is! I might give the sweatband trick a go.
Busa mav said:
AstonZagato said:
HORR abandoned mid-race...
Wow , more news when you have it please.Got to have been quite a serious incident to stop the race.
I remember seeing a crew shoot the inside arch at Barnes Bridge and crashed into crews still heading up to the start, carnage .
Today wasn't much better - the start was delayed as the tide hadn't turned as early as expected. This had the effect of giving a greater handicap to the later the boat started
http://www.vestarowing.co.uk/events/vesta-veterans...
The Henley Boat Races were completed.
Good conditions (gentle cross-tail wind, flat water, plenty of stream)
Cambridge men's lightweights won in fine style - 4 lengths and a near record time of 5.30 (unofficial)
Oxford women were otherwise dominant. Cambridge women have elected to row an odd style: pausing at backstops and rushing up the slide. They all did it and I'm told they were coached to do so. It didn't work for them. I doubt it will help them when they move to the Tideway next year.
Good conditions (gentle cross-tail wind, flat water, plenty of stream)
Cambridge men's lightweights won in fine style - 4 lengths and a near record time of 5.30 (unofficial)
Oxford women were otherwise dominant. Cambridge women have elected to row an odd style: pausing at backstops and rushing up the slide. They all did it and I'm told they were coached to do so. It didn't work for them. I doubt it will help them when they move to the Tideway next year.
Edited by AstonZagato on Sunday 30th March 18:42
AstonZagato said:
The Henley Boat Races were completed.
Good conditions (gentle cross-tail wind, flat water, plenty of stream)
Cambridge men's lightweights won in fine style - 4 lengths and a near record time of 5.30 (unofficial)
Oxford women were otherwise dominant. Cambridge women have elected to row an odd style: pausing at backstops and rushing up the slide. They all did it and I'm told they were coached to do so. It didn't work for them. I doubt it will help them when they move to the Tideway next year.
The men are doing it too, saw the spare men's pair last week and the Blue and Goldie boats today; looks awful.Good conditions (gentle cross-tail wind, flat water, plenty of stream)
Cambridge men's lightweights won in fine style - 4 lengths and a near record time of 5.30 (unofficial)
Oxford women were otherwise dominant. Cambridge women have elected to row an odd style: pausing at backstops and rushing up the slide. They all did it and I'm told they were coached to do so. It didn't work for them. I doubt it will help them when they move to the Tideway next year.
Edited by AstonZagato on Sunday 30th March 18:42
Busa mav said:
Thanks , what a cock up.
Hopefully nobody injured.
Trouble is , you get so many boats that are inexperienced in those sort of waters they get in trouble very quickly once you get below Putney Bridge , just worsens if you go further.
Always the way. The tide turned late which really didn't help. Starting the race an hour later would have solved some of the problem, but very difficult to administer on the day. Hopefully nobody injured.
Trouble is , you get so many boats that are inexperienced in those sort of waters they get in trouble very quickly once you get below Putney Bridge , just worsens if you go further.
If boys in the top 50 are sinking and crashing (UL on the black buoy) then the higher numbered crews will fair even worse. Second year in a row though. Very frustrating when you finish to then be told it counts for nothing.
CDC said:
If boys in the top 50 are sinking and crashing (UL on the black buoy)
There used to be a huge tug moored there with sometimes 5 or 6 barges moored alongside , go under there, that's it.
My very first " go " out on the Thames was when I was hanging around the towpath as a 12 year old.
A Midland bank eight didn't have a cox and asked if I would like a try ! frightened the life out of me, as we started off by heading straight down to Wandsworth Bridge !
Then went on to Putney Town and Quintin BC , even had a short spell steering a Tideways Scullers School boat , that was just a different experience completely.
sorry , got carried away with memories there.
Just loved the atmosphere of the HOTR.
Edited by Busa mav on Monday 31st March 11:27
Spent five years rowing and coxing on the tideway as a junior - I love it, in both good conditions and bad (preferred to race in bad as we had the experience to cope better than most, plus our coxes including me knew how to make the most of it). UL hitting the BB is a shock...
Thoughts for tomorrow? I'm going for a retain by Oxford, with guaranteed excellent umpiring from a fellow school alumni!
Thoughts for tomorrow? I'm going for a retain by Oxford, with guaranteed excellent umpiring from a fellow school alumni!
If I'm honest, I don't think they were ever really in it, Oxford had a good distance before the next Cam bend, and we're pulling away.
Gotta feel for the 2 man, I only ever caught a crab in a scratch regatta, and that was bad enough (especially not being allowed to forget it for well over a year!), but that was a doozy...
Gotta feel for the 2 man, I only ever caught a crab in a scratch regatta, and that was bad enough (especially not being allowed to forget it for well over a year!), but that was a doozy...
Just watched this on iPlayer.
J'accuse the BBC of putting an excited crowd recording over the footage. I could hear the same whoops, cheers and hooters throughout the course, even though at some places there was just a handful of people on the very distant banks.
Canned cheering! New one on me.
J'accuse the BBC of putting an excited crowd recording over the footage. I could hear the same whoops, cheers and hooters throughout the course, even though at some places there was just a handful of people on the very distant banks.
Canned cheering! New one on me.
He was lucky not to get ejected! But I'd agree with the comment that Oxford hadn't even started their bend advantage and already had their 7 man level with the light blues' 2 man - so looked like they would have won anyway. I guess that makes up for Oxford's 2012 disaster with the broken oar when they were winning until that daft bloke caused the restart...!
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