I spent last weekend in London for the Great River Race, in which my wife Rache competed in a four person crew in a ‘Scarborough Gig’ coastal rowing boat.
She spent all her University years rowing on the Ouse for Ripon & York St John uni and has recently made the transition to Scarborough ARC to Coastal rowing, which is much different than river rowing. The main difference being that with coastal rowing the boats are bigger, the water is rougher and the seats are fixed, which in turn means more back and upper body usage (I’m planning my entrance to coastal rowing next April)
Here’s the video for Rache’s crew (distance was 22m from Ham to Richmond time:3 hrs 10 mins – result!)
I also managed to film some of the starting point from a Clipper Boat
Next target is the BIRC Concept2 champs in Birmingham in late November, where we both will be competing.
