technically called the 7 man (Bow is 1, stroke is 8). Love to see how even the pros caught crabs back in the day.

In my radio I can set a delay, for example 1 sec. And a 7 point elevator curve in landing mode.

Just finished "True Blue" this weekend. What a build up, and what a race. Thanks for posting.

richtalk34 if they had held their course they would likely have sunk. Genius move by OUBC 7 man and it left CUBC no option but to follow. But to maintain they would have won easily is probably a bit off the mark.

@@benlewis2475, thanks for your reply; good points all. It's true, Cambridge might well have sunk but, had they made it through to the Hammersmith Bridge on the faster water they could well have had a sizable lead. Interesting to speculate, though, and it shows that there are many factors in that race, which makes it fascinating. A shame it will not be held this year.

Tom had fantastic tideway knowledge from rowing at UL at Chiswick Nice guy too

Glad you enjoyed it. A race like no other. Many factors contributed to our victory. Not least the weather and Andy's (cox) steering. Heavy wooden oars (we changed to them just 2 weeks before the race) Aerofoil riggers to cut through the waves rather than hit them throwing water everywhere. Enormous bow breaker and wide splash boards. Some sharks skin covering on the hull (no banned). Basically we did everything to keep the water out. Cambridge took on loads of water as they crossed over to join us under the wall. That was the decisive moment.

Hi Paul - you’re right. I didn’t see it. I’ve just checked it out on Google though - Dominic West was in it asDonald McDonald. He’s class in The Wire - Jimmy McNulty. Lives over here in Ireland now in Limerick. I see you won the boat race the following 2 years as well - top man! Hope you’re still keeping fit.

Where did you get Yanks at Oxford , please ?

Amazon I recall. Many years back from some English man selling his collection. I mislaid it for a bit and my daughters looked it up to buy it for me a few years back but it was prohibitively expensive. So maybe it’s a rare find now

​@@daraghcronin9985thank you

A higher level of education for more people. What a filthy disgusting thought....!

@@eugenemorice8545 But it doesn't work having more people doing degrees. I have observed many doing degrees, and they are not better educated or more skilled. Some clearly haven't done degree courses, who have degrees, because they do not have the knowledge and skills they should have. So NO, mass university education is a really bad idea, and it isn't new either.

@@eugenemorice8545 I heard the Chinees tried it about 800 years ago. in the end, 100,000s of laborous had to just return to the fields, digging and slogging. All that so called education, was a waist of time. Many were frustrated about being mislead. Many never gained anything. it just messed them about.

@@eugenemorice8545 Sorry Mr/Ms Eugene Morice. I don't think mass university education is working. Too many people go to university. There are many other forms of training, that would suit non-academic people better.

I meant to say, making so many Chinees do degrees, just waisted their time and ,messed them about. The same applies now with mass university education. The sort of person who would become a bricklayer or chef or labourer, or airport host or hotel worker or taxi driver, would not have the right interllect for doing a degree, being high IQ is also not a qualification for doing a degree. Degrees need the right interllect and aptitude for a subject.