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Bumps, Blades, and Bowballs- Cambridge Boatie Chat
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Helenia
Well, that was fun! I think we hold the record for being bumped in the shortest ever possible time, though it was down to an accident rather than us being totally incompetent.
We weren't pushed out straight, and then when the bank party tried to get 2 to tap it, she cleverly backed it instead (ok, maybe a little bit of incompetence). So essentially we were totally wonky when the gun went, half the crew were still trying to manoeuvre and therefore missed the first stroke, and we rowed very gracefully into a bush, while St Edmunds rowed straight past us, not really realising what had gone on! Ah well. I hope we get to row a little bit further tomorrow.
We weren't pushed out straight, and then when the bank party tried to get 2 to tap it, she cleverly backed it instead (ok, maybe a little bit of incompetence). So essentially we were totally wonky when the gun went, half the crew were still trying to manoeuvre and therefore missed the first stroke, and we rowed very gracefully into a bush, while St Edmunds rowed straight past us, not really realising what had gone on! Ah well. I hope we get to row a little bit further tomorrow.
Helenia, are you in the Addies boat? And if so, have you found a sub for today? One of the girls from our defunct second boat mentioned she might be willing to do it...
Overbumped 
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Our three man caught a massive crab and his seat came off. By the time we were rowing in eights again Wolfson II had nearly got the overbump on us.
.Our three man caught a massive crab and his seat came off. By the time we were rowing in eights again Wolfson II had nearly got the overbump on us.
Bingo Jesus
Overbumped .
Our three man caught a massive crab and his seat came off. By the time we were rowing in eights again Wolfson II had nearly got the overbump on us.
.Our three man caught a massive crab and his seat came off. By the time we were rowing in eights again Wolfson II had nearly got the overbump on us.
Ouch. I know how it feels and it hurts. There's always today.
It was surreal yesterday as yet another stacked boat bumped us. Hopefully Tit Hall III haven't improved that much sine last year.
Bingo Jesus
Overbumped .
Our three man caught a massive crab and his seat came off. By the time we were rowing in eights again Wolfson II had nearly got the overbump on us.
.Our three man caught a massive crab and his seat came off. By the time we were rowing in eights again Wolfson II had nearly got the overbump on us.
I don't know what's worse, the sense of shame & defeat, or the red-raw buttocks from going full-slide at race pace without a seat.
I love the story Helen!
Weren't there alot of overbumps and accidents yesterday? I was bankpartying our W2 boat and two's shoe came off, but then luckily the boat in front of them caught a crab and swerved into the side and then got bumped. Also our M3 apparently bent one of their riggers with a horrendous crab. We must drive the boatmen crazy! [Or maybe they like it as they get more business
]
And does anybody know how the injured guy is? He looked in pretty bad shape as they were taking him back on the boat.
I'm pretty nervous today, I'm sure we're better than New Hall (who've just been overbumped) but if afoneleri is right then Darwin are pretty horrendous... and I really, really, really don't want to row over again - too painful! Btw CCAT are looking very good Afoneleri, I'd try to take them out at the start, as endurance is their strength. (Though it's possible they got extra energy from the potential overbump)
Weren't there alot of overbumps and accidents yesterday? I was bankpartying our W2 boat and two's shoe came off, but then luckily the boat in front of them caught a crab and swerved into the side and then got bumped. Also our M3 apparently bent one of their riggers with a horrendous crab. We must drive the boatmen crazy! [Or maybe they like it as they get more business
]And does anybody know how the injured guy is? He looked in pretty bad shape as they were taking him back on the boat.
I'm pretty nervous today, I'm sure we're better than New Hall (who've just been overbumped) but if afoneleri is right then Darwin are pretty horrendous... and I really, really, really don't want to row over again - too painful! Btw CCAT are looking very good Afoneleri, I'd try to take them out at the start, as endurance is their strength. (Though it's possible they got extra energy from the potential overbump)
Childermass
Bumped Kings W1 within 20m of the motorway bridge. 
Rather chuffed as we expected to have to keep pushing Queens away, but they didn't gain any length.
Rather chuffed as we expected to have to keep pushing Queens away, but they didn't gain any length.
But to be fair to the Queens' W1, they did overbump. They only missed out on blades last year because of one row over, and they were a sandwich boat throughout, so they most definitely deserve whatever they get this year.
Just hope that you didn't catch them today.
We Bumped!!!
Ditting Suck
We Bumped!!!
Well done! I'm quite happy with my row over.
I'm so happy about getting drenched while bank partying M2.
Sorry, messing your Third Boat around- I don't get you...
***
I did take grassy a bit too wide on Nick's vehement suggestion to avoid Fitz II who annoyingly cleared to the inside of grassy... I went a bit wide and couldn't crank it round in time so my bowside clashed blades with the parked up boats on the bank- LMBC III and a Selwyn boat, I think. This meant that Emma III got within a length of us, but we restarted and pulled away nicely from them, just in time to see them get taken out by Jesus III. And so we got up to two lengths off the overbump on Christs II but unfortunately they bumped out.
But it's a row over and is the first a Clare second May Boat has had in about 5 years- they've all got spoons generally...
*****
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-5515992678290474393
Look at our YELLOW shirts!
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I did take grassy a bit too wide on Nick's vehement suggestion to avoid Fitz II who annoyingly cleared to the inside of grassy... I went a bit wide and couldn't crank it round in time so my bowside clashed blades with the parked up boats on the bank- LMBC III and a Selwyn boat, I think. This meant that Emma III got within a length of us, but we restarted and pulled away nicely from them, just in time to see them get taken out by Jesus III. And so we got up to two lengths off the overbump on Christs II but unfortunately they bumped out.
But it's a row over and is the first a Clare second May Boat has had in about 5 years- they've all got spoons generally...
*****
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-5515992678290474393
Look at our YELLOW shirts!
FadeToBlackout
Sorry, messing your Third Boat around- I don't get you...
***
I did take grassy a bit too wide on Nick's vehement suggestion to avoid Fitz II who annoyingly cleared to the inside of grassy... I went a bit wide and couldn't crank it round in time so my bowside clashed blades with the parked up boats on the bank- LMBC III and a Selwyn boat, I think. This meant that Emma III got within a length of us, but we restarted and pulled away nicely from them, just in time to see them get taken out by Jesus III. And so we got up to two lengths off the overbump on Christs II but unfortunately they bumped out.
But it's a row over and is the first a Clare second May Boat has had in about 5 years- they've all got spoons generally...
*****
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-5515992678290474393
Look at our YELLOW shirts!
***
I did take grassy a bit too wide on Nick's vehement suggestion to avoid Fitz II who annoyingly cleared to the inside of grassy... I went a bit wide and couldn't crank it round in time so my bowside clashed blades with the parked up boats on the bank- LMBC III and a Selwyn boat, I think. This meant that Emma III got within a length of us, but we restarted and pulled away nicely from them, just in time to see them get taken out by Jesus III. And so we got up to two lengths off the overbump on Christs II but unfortunately they bumped out.
But it's a row over and is the first a Clare second May Boat has had in about 5 years- they've all got spoons generally...
*****
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-5515992678290474393
Look at our YELLOW shirts!
by "messing them around" I meant as in scuppering their chances for blades on the first day - don't worry I'm not genuinely angry.
I'll be bank partying them tomorrow, or may have to sub in for them, we shall see!
Gemini
I love the story Helen!
Weren't there alot of overbumps and accidents yesterday? I was bankpartying our W2 boat and two's shoe came off, but then luckily the boat in front of them caught a crab and swerved into the side and then got bumped. Also our M3 apparently bent one of their riggers with a horrendous crab. We must drive the boatmen crazy! [Or maybe they like it as they get more business]
And does anybody know how the injured guy is? He looked in pretty bad shape as they were taking him back on the boat.
I'm pretty nervous today, I'm sure we're better than New Hall (who've just been overbumped) but if afoneleri is right then Darwin are pretty horrendous... and I really, really, really don't want to row over again - too painful! Btw CCAT are looking very good Afoneleri, I'd try to take them out at the start, as endurance is their strength. (Though it's possible they got extra energy from the potential overbump)
Weren't there alot of overbumps and accidents yesterday? I was bankpartying our W2 boat and two's shoe came off, but then luckily the boat in front of them caught a crab and swerved into the side and then got bumped. Also our M3 apparently bent one of their riggers with a horrendous crab. We must drive the boatmen crazy! [Or maybe they like it as they get more business
]And does anybody know how the injured guy is? He looked in pretty bad shape as they were taking him back on the boat.
I'm pretty nervous today, I'm sure we're better than New Hall (who've just been overbumped) but if afoneleri is right then Darwin are pretty horrendous... and I really, really, really don't want to row over again - too painful! Btw CCAT are looking very good Afoneleri, I'd try to take them out at the start, as endurance is their strength. (Though it's possible they got extra energy from the potential overbump)
We bumped them, but my god was it a horrible row - didn't catch them until just before the railway bridge, mainly due to my legs dying as we were closing ground around grassy (I'd been having trouble already but thought they'd hold throughout bumps...grr!). I noticed you caught new hall - how fast? Wouldn't have worried about Darwin, as shocking as they are, New Hall are worse - though as we share a boathouse with them and they're all lovely, I hate to say it.
Should be an easy day for you today though. And we're chasing Selwyn, so...
Unfortunately, I may not be in the boat for today at least
Oh, and the injured guy is fine. He tried to get back into our M2 boat yesterday and had to be sent home to rest. Addenbrokes behaved rather shockingly though - sent him home in lycra, bare feet, with no money, on the bus, in the rain...
Wooo! No spoons for us! Homerton got quite close to us (about half a length by First Post) but then crashed into the corner and got bumped. That's the 2nd time in 2 days that they've done that. We were way off the crew in front, but there was nothing behind, so we rowed over in solitary splendour. Bloody painful, but I'm quite happy we didn't get totally humiliated!
afoneleri
We bumped them, but my god was it a horrible row - didn't catch them until just before the railway bridge, mainly due to my legs dying as we were closing ground around grassy (I'd been having trouble already but thought they'd hold throughout bumps...grr!). I noticed you caught new hall - how fast? Wouldn't have worried about Darwin, as shocking as they are, New Hall are worse - though as we share a boathouse with them and they're all lovely, I hate to say it.
Should be an easy day for you today though. And we're chasing Selwyn, so...
Unfortunately, I may not be in the boat for today at least
Oh, and the injured guy is fine. He tried to get back into our M2 boat yesterday and had to be sent home to rest. Addenbrokes behaved rather shockingly though - sent him home in lycra, bare feet, with no money, on the bus, in the rain...
Should be an easy day for you today though. And we're chasing Selwyn, so...
Unfortunately, I may not be in the boat for today at least
Oh, and the injured guy is fine. He tried to get back into our M2 boat yesterday and had to be sent home to rest. Addenbrokes behaved rather shockingly though - sent him home in lycra, bare feet, with no money, on the bus, in the rain...
We caught New Hall pretty fast. We had an awful start but caught them extremely quickly at the first corner. Well done for catching CCAT!
Wasn't it really tipping it down yesterday? To start with I was glad that we were starting under the bridge, but of course they'd then moved the starting cannon under the bridge as well, and the reverberations were...well...very, very loud!
I love bumps - but I wish the weather would be a little more summery!
Catz M3 bumped Downing M3. That's all there is to say.
Well, other than the fact that Tit Hall thought they had bumped us and started cheering. The reality was that they'd been bumped by Queens'. I bet they felt like right gimps afterwards.
Not satisfied with this, they then proceeded to pull in on the wrong side of the river and then somehow drift into the middle, impeding the crews racing behind causing utter carnage that ended up stopping the division.
Well, other than the fact that Tit Hall thought they had bumped us and started cheering. The reality was that they'd been bumped by Queens'. I bet they felt like right gimps afterwards.
Not satisfied with this, they then proceeded to pull in on the wrong side of the river and then somehow drift into the middle, impeding the crews racing behind causing utter carnage that ended up stopping the division.
Huzzah, we bumped! LMBC III went down after solid rowing from us and a VERY wide corner from them...
LMBC III went down after solid rowing from us and a VERY wide corner from them...It's good to be a FaTtie so far. It would be rather nice if our first boat could finish off the job and get head of the river, giving us 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th headships, but I won't count my chickens yet. They've got a decent chance though, so fingers crossed. 34 years is too long for us not to have won the Mays!
It would be rather nice if our first boat could finish off the job and get head of the river, giving us 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th headships, but I won't count my chickens yet. They've got a decent chance though, so fingers crossed. 34 years is too long for us not to have won the Mays!meepmeep
It's good to be a FaTtie so far. It would be rather nice if our first boat could finish off the job and get head of the river, giving us 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th headships, but I won't count my chickens yet. They've got a decent chance though, so fingers crossed. 34 years is too long for us not to have won the Mays!
It would be rather nice if our first boat could finish off the job and get head of the river, giving us 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th headships, but I won't count my chickens yet. They've got a decent chance though, so fingers crossed. 34 years is too long for us not to have won the Mays!Since when did you have any of those headships other than W4?
Are you talking about bumps?
EDIT: Just looked at the FaT website. I'm very confused...
Top of M1 will certainly be exciting tomorrow!
Gutted for Clare W1 though - 20 more strokes and they'd have been safe
We got bumped, reasonably quickly, but I'm not too fussed. We didn't have a great line (though our cox tried her best!) and essentially we're not very fast. One of our subs (I think) did have us sitting almost permanently down to strokeside though, and as a result my back is totally buggered. I just hope it holds up to tomorrow.
Gutted for Clare W1 though - 20 more strokes and they'd have been safe
We got bumped, reasonably quickly, but I'm not too fussed. We didn't have a great line (though our cox tried her best!) and essentially we're not very fast. One of our subs (I think) did have us sitting almost permanently down to strokeside though, and as a result my back is totally buggered. I just hope it holds up to tomorrow.
ShadowCatz
Since when did you have any of those headships other than W4?
Are you talking about bumps?
EDIT: Just looked at the FaT website. I'm very confused...
Are you talking about bumps?
EDIT: Just looked at the FaT website. I'm very confused...
They've got the highest placed 2nd/3rd/4th/5th boats, meaning they've got the 2nd/3rd/4th/5th headships. I.e. their 4th boat is the highest placed 4th boat in all of the divisions, giving them the 4th headship.
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