Spring Fling Regatta

WV8 just after the start

With a very threatening weather forecast, we attended the second regatta of the season at Botanical Garden and entered six crews with many folks rowing in multiple events. The regatta organizers compressed the event schedule in hopes of beating the severe weather that was expected to arrive in the afternoon and, in fact, all races were run in some pretty benign conditions -- light winds and a slight drizzle.

WV4 at the control commission prior to launching

Highlights include Kat and Rachel coxing their first races (with Kat driving the W2V4 crew to a 2nd place) and our first novice entry (albeit with a borrowed rower from Granby.)

Lining up at the start

Video was shot of the WV4, WN4, MV4, and WV8 events. Those edited videos are below.

The final results show an improvement for most crews when comparing from the previous week the time delta from the fastest boat in the event. Below are the deltas, first from the season opener, and then from this regatta. Obviously the goal for all crews is to reduce their time deltas to zero.

MV4    +1:46    +1:03
WV4    +1:13    +1:37
W2V4  +1:32    +0:31
WV8    +0:40    +0:38
Mx8     +2:23    +1:31
WN4     ------    +2:22

Again, if anyone has additional pictures, I'll be glad to add them.