We competed on a cold, raw day in eight events. Results are below, followed by some comments.
Congratulations to our MV4+ crew that won their heat. I hope all will experience the satisfaction of crossing the line in first place. A word about comparing times between heats: in rowing this is almost never done. When floating starts are utilized the length of the course is different in each heat (and, unfortunately, often in each lane.) Only when starting platforms are used could any sort of comparison be made, but even in that case, differences in wind conditions can and do influence heat times. For championship regattas, heat winners (and sometimes those in 2nd place in their heat) always re-row against the other heat winners to determine the event winner. The newspaper "order of finishes" based in inter-heat times is next to useless.
I hope everybody learned a lot about racing and the work that needs to be done before the launching of boats, during the regatta and the packing up at the end. Yes, it was a long day (I hit the sack by 9:30.) For our next regatta things will be more hectic because I anticipate entering six additional events, with lots of double rowing.
If anyone has some pictures that they took during the regatta feel free to e-mail them to me and I'd add them to this post.
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