Another really hard day on the water. We entered one less event but came away with one more win that last week. Significant wins include the Women's Light four and the Women's Novice four, both of whom finished first in five boat heats. Also taking a blue ribbon was the Men's novice four (pictured above) and the Mixed four.
The strength and direction of the wind was just on the verge of being unrowable. After the chaos and havoc of the first two events (thank you CH for giving me some work to do...) the referees wisely shortened the course to start in the lee of the trees at about the 1000 m mark. Rowing at the Lake Whitehurst venue is seldom winded out since the lake is almost completely surrounded by tall trees that block the wind. The exception is at the start with a southeast wind -- exactly the conditions we had yesterday. The Mathews regatta was canceled after two events due to the wind and the open nature of that venue.
It's interesting to note that the MN4 won in VeniVediVici. Perhaps there's still some life in that old hull after all. I'm sure the new tracks and seat carriages help. And who said duct tape wouldn't hold up? Synchronicity rowed three times after the patch was applied and both the WN4 and the WLt4 won their races with the go-fast silver tape.
Results are below. As usual, blue = 1st; red = 2nd, yellow = 3rd. green = other (including protestable collisions...) If you have any more pictures send them my way and I'll add them to the blog.
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