• Cambridge boat caught up in worst conditions for years
• Oxford men’s three-race streak brought to endAs the Cambridge women climbed ashore gallons of water rushed over the edge of their beaten boat and back into the Thames. For the president,Hannah Roberts, shivering and tearful, and her crew the torment was over after they narrowly avoided becoming the first crew to sink since Cambridge’s men in 1978. Oxford had won by 71 seconds but in the most treacherous conditions seen for a long time here it was an achievement just to total the notorious 4.2-mile course.
Waves were slamming against both boats when Oxford’s experienced cox,Morgan Baynham-Williams, made a brilliantly bold decision to swing nearly 90 degrees and make for the relative safety of the north bank. By the time Cambridge followed suit more than two minutes later Oxford were a distant dark blue dot. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com