W1 up 1, W2 down 1
W1: Unnerving as it is to start next to the cannon and having only one bank party (who nearly forgot to get the pole to push us out as he was busy counting down), we had a fairly strong start, getting one whistle right away. From then it moved steadily up to two and three whistles, where we hit dirty water and became slightly scrappy, allowing Jesus II to hold us off for another ten strokes or so. Still, the inevitable came right after first post, where we bumped them. Row up and most of row back was fairly solid, so all bodes well for Thursday.
W2: Day of misfortunes!
– lots of people needing subs
– one of our subs dropped ill so we didn't have a crew until 10 mins before we had to marshal
– luckily M4 had a rerow so we weren't too late. Lots of waiting around on the reach though.
– while we were catching up on Tit Hall after the start, Peterhouse crashed into the bank ahead of them so Tit Hall bumped up
– while we were pushing away from Lucy Cav, one of our blades came out of the gate.
– Lucy Cav caught up just after we got our blade back in after the motorway bridge
– while trying to park we mounted the bank
– while we were trying to unmount Harald the bow snapped 🙁
– GAH Aftermath: Bomber taped up the bow and we rowed home with only stern 4. Regroup:
– row up was pretty decent
– start was good
– we were obviously faster than the boats either side of us
So, bring on Wednesday. It won't be in Harald, but we'll tank down Lucy Cav with Winston! — Ying
– lots of people needing subs
– one of our subs dropped ill so we didn't have a crew until 10 mins before we had to marshal
– luckily M4 had a rerow so we weren't too late. Lots of waiting around on the reach though.
– while we were catching up on Tit Hall after the start, Peterhouse crashed into the bank ahead of them so Tit Hall bumped up
– while we were pushing away from Lucy Cav, one of our blades came out of the gate.
– Lucy Cav caught up just after we got our blade back in after the motorway bridge
– while trying to park we mounted the bank
– while we were trying to unmount Harald the bow snapped 🙁
– GAH Aftermath: Bomber taped up the bow and we rowed home with only stern 4. Regroup:
– row up was pretty decent
– start was good
– we were obviously faster than the boats either side of us
So, bring on Wednesday. It won't be in Harald, but we'll tank down Lucy Cav with Winston! — Ying