Why is this edited version only 720p when the original streamed was 1080p? We need those extra pixels in order to make out the details of what is going on!
@@ronalddrake558 Well I just watched both. Ox got 1/2 boat length behind and then won in 2003. Oxford won in 2005 and I don't think were ever much behind (perhaps you meant a different year?) I did specify a complete boat length - once that happens and the lead boat can get in front of the other it seems to me there is little chance of recovery.
It's to do with water speed and currents - the water closer to the bend is known as 'slack water' meaning there is less stream so boats move a lot slower, even if the distance is far less. The coxing move earlier in the race was such a gamble because while it shortened the distance, the Cambridge crew were in what would be considered slower water. The Boat Race has these quirks due to the unusual nature of the course and Thames itself.
Let's not get into the silly habit of calling it 'The 'Men's' Boat Race... It's simply 'The Boat Race'. It has been for almost 200 years. There is a woman's boat race.. it's known as the woman's boat race.
