apollo
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And why doesn't YBW do some journalism and find out from the organisers how they DID decide on "who"?
20 boats that could not be bothered with the practice ?
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Brayman
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apollo
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Surely that's down to the Daily Mail
Rumour has it that YBW was connected with Yachting magazines and therefore serious journalism for boaters, but it is only a rumour as we found out when we dared to talk about their advertisers a week or so ago....
As to DM, nah I said "journalism" not "sensationalism"
boatone
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Has anyone with an obvious interest - i.e. someone who applied, participated in rehearsals and been rejected actually approached the authorities and asked for clarification of the selection process?
mjf
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I guess readers have seen the new PLA LNTM of 14th Feb with the massive trot temp moorings Barn Elms to Hammersmith Bridge
Rowers will not be happy chappies
Rowers will not be happy chappies
neale
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Brayman
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So does this mean that a "fine motorboat" is one with two engines, not one?!
Most definitely NOT
Chris_d
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A fine row boat is a racing boat, it has a fine shape and is narrow and pointy its not the amount of oars, see here http://www.britishrowing.org/taking-part/all-about-rowing
Brayman
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So not necessarily a scull, sounds reasonable!
boatone
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On the contrary - it IS a scull as defined by the same site that Chris refers to:
http://www.britishrowing.org/taking-part/fine
Chris_d
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Yes but read it again, a Scull is indeed a fine boat but a fine boat can have one, two, four or eight seats. There are classes for double sculls and quad sculls but not an eight although they can be rigged as sculls for training purposes. But its definitely not the number the oars that defines a fine boat.
boatone
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My quote was :
OK - google answered my question - fine boats are where rower/s have two oars rather than one.
That is the number of oars PER ROWER regardless of the number of rowers.
Chris_d
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Blimey Tony give up
a scull is two oars a fine boat is either:"The fine boat, also known as the Olympic class boat, is the familiar racing shell that you will see rowed or sculled at inland competitions."
Brayman
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Blimey Tony give up
"The fine boat, also known as the Olympic class boat, is the familiar racing shell that you will see rowed or sculled at inland competitions."
Thanks Chris, he obviously needs adopting!
boatone
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rr_123
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Fine can mean many things
In this case it simply means thin
HTH
In this case it simply means thin
HTH
Brayman
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You could always try sticking one of these where the sun don't shine
Looking at those, and I know not a lot about rowing, another two coxes may help.
mjf
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Well from where i watch the fine boats being rowed they have enough trouble keeping out of each others way without the width restriction the temp trot buoys will impose.
I guess these buoys will be allocated and will fill as the date approaches so be a nice sight and some interesting vessels to look at
I guess these buoys will be allocated and will fill as the date approaches so be a nice sight and some interesting vessels to look at
