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Brightski
Chronos Racing Team
- Location
- Cambridgeshire
I'll keep my mouth shut next year
Boat race
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Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
Which horse won it?
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Lewis Hamilton
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Who gives a toss about it apart from those taking part?
Accrington must've got knocked out in the first round(?!)
Accrington must've got knocked out in the first round(?!)
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Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
Good God!! A CRAB!!
...... Of sorts anyway.
...... Of sorts anyway.
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srw
It's a bit more complicated than that...
I'm afraid Exeter, Bristol and St Andrews aren't in it.I want the posh university to win
[QUOTE 3015201, member: 1314"]How can you fall out of the boat?[/QUOTE]Racing Eights are very long, very narrow and you are only held in by your bootstraps.
In the sunlit days of my youth in <cough> 1968 I did consider 'training up' for the College Third Boat before discovering that caving was much more fun and got you well away from the town. But the First Boats took it all very seriously and the Blues oarsmen were proper high-end athletes.
In the sunlit days of my youth in <cough> 1968 I did consider 'training up' for the College Third Boat before discovering that caving was much more fun and got you well away from the town. But the First Boats took it all very seriously and the Blues oarsmen were proper high-end athletes.
shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
- Location
- Manchester way
aren't they always ;P<snip>
Accrington must've got knocked out in the first round(?!)
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
[QUOTE 3015201, member: 1314"]How can you fall out of the boat?[/QUOTE]
Gravity
Gravity
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
Over The Hill
Guru
- Location
- Ridden off into the sunset
It is an odd thing- why does it get so much attention? A bunch of students rowing! Even if it were England v Germany rowing it would not be of interest to anyone.
Some odd British things are quite endearing but this is not one of them.
Some odd British things are quite endearing but this is not one of them.
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
[QUOTE 3015201, member: 1314"]How can you fall out of the boat?[/QUOTE]
Be difficult to fall in...
Be difficult to fall in...
They're called "ejector crabs". Video examples below:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH2k_026KrY
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XfSr2foKjQ
If your oar goes into the water at the beginning of the stroke (the catch) at a funny angle the movement of the water will push the handle into your chest and it you can't get under it, you'll just get pushed out of the boat. The guy it the 1st video caught the "crab" because of poor technique. I think the guy in the second video was adjusting his shoes or something and let his oar dig into the water.
From what I saw the rower at the 2 seat in the Cambridge boat was unlucky and someone from the Oxford crew clashed oars with him at a very unfortunate moment just before he was taking the catch which caused him to lose control and catch a "crab".
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH2k_026KrY
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XfSr2foKjQ
If your oar goes into the water at the beginning of the stroke (the catch) at a funny angle the movement of the water will push the handle into your chest and it you can't get under it, you'll just get pushed out of the boat. The guy it the 1st video caught the "crab" because of poor technique. I think the guy in the second video was adjusting his shoes or something and let his oar dig into the water.
From what I saw the rower at the 2 seat in the Cambridge boat was unlucky and someone from the Oxford crew clashed oars with him at a very unfortunate moment just before he was taking the catch which caused him to lose control and catch a "crab".
