Thank you very much for doing these. At first I was in two minds as to whether I was comfortable with a drone overhead, but it really wasn’t off putting in any way and I assume at a safe distance. And the videos are very helpful.
How does the "scoring" go for this? If you catch and hit a crew are they out? Do you get a point or points? Are there multiple rounds? What is going on here ? :)
Basically, each crew starts on different points along the river, depending on previous rankings. . They all start racing at the same time. Once you catch up to the boat ahead of you or you make physical contact with their boat, you’ve bumped them. Then, sometimes, both crews stop racing and pull to the side of the river. Other times, only the bumping crew stops rowing, while the bumped crew has to continue. This means that a crew can be bumped multiple times. After all the bumping, if you have bumped someone, you move up into their spot in the ranking and they move down, so next race you start closer to the finish.
Your videos are great! I was bank partying (almost) all the Caius crews last week, recording on GoPro. You can see my on a lot of your videos. Comparing your overhead footage with my side on footage has been really helpful to the crews for day to day coaching tips. I'd really love to make a combination video of the best parts of our combined footage - W1 and W2 both got blades, and between us we captured all the bumps. Great work on these videos, keep burbling.
They're likely varsity and more experienced. One side is backing, and the other side is tapping, which is causing them to gradually spin in place without movement.
