Welsh Rowing Beach Sprints Regatta 2024

[@jameswalker2998]

Fab footage. Really captures the whole event. And well done on the progress you have made 💪🚣🏼🌊 Keep up the good work #yamsquad

[@IllustratedAudiobooks]

Your starts have improved a lot

[@CameronBuchan]

Thanks! A lot easier in the calm conditions

[@Nomads_Rowing]

Having calm waters obviously benefited everyone but removed one variable so you can see straightaway that you were on it very quickly. Yep, the turns do seem a very dark art - your 180 turn in the side by side looked massively better than the 90s in the trial. To my untrained eye, the 1st you really sent the blade deep in attempting to hold the boat up stroke side whilst powering on the bow side but this really killed any boat speed and massively upset the boat taking longer to settle but in the side by side you didn’t go so deep and it looked a lot more fluid? I would have thought that as long as the spoon is covered it will act as a brake but if not going so deep the boat is a lot more stable and extraction will be much cleaner and quicker. The last race seemed to be very deep again. As you say it’s not gaining time on the turn but minimising the time lost. I’m sure a lot could be gained by having a launch or drone filming and sessioning numerous 90 & 180 turns in some lively water would bring you a lot closer to the opposition 😎

[@CameronBuchan]

Definitely! Potentially a case if trying “too hard” to turn rather than almost letting the momentum help

[@micahmalloy]

Great progress, Cam!

[@simonvanrysewyk9376]

Good racing and nice turning!

[@markricketts6957]

Is it mostly locals at each regatta, or are you usually seeing the same faces each time?

[@CameronBuchan]

Each one will have some locals and then most of the same faces too

[@breadispain454]

Im confused on this whole race. Whats the reason behind running into the boat and running away?

[@nathansmith7153]

That's the way the rules are. Something like the Australian surf racing

[@richjback]

Scorpions

[@CameronBuchan]

What’s the reason behind any race format? Adds a little bit of variation!

[@herbertsloan6918]

are you going to jersey for offshores?