I should also add @Doogles that apparently a lot of the corches are not liking Lake Natoma these days and feel it's not a fair course. Apparently the dam operators aren't cooperative about how much water they release on race day (usually too much) and so lanes 1/2 tend to be way faster than the rest with currents. For the Men this is less of an issue because you just put Cal and UW in lanes 1/2 and OSU and Furd never were going to win regardless. But for the Women, you have more like 3 or 4 boats in contention in any given year.
I'm enjoying the insider rowing hot talk. I'll talk to my Dam guy and see if we can pull some strings
I should also add @Doogles that apparently a lot of the corches are not liking Lake Natoma these days and feel it's not a fair course. Apparently the dam operators aren't cooperative about how much water they release on race day (usually too much) and so lanes 1/2 tend to be way faster than the rest with currents. For the Men this is less of an issue because you just put Cal and UW in lanes 1/2 and OSU and Furd never were going to win regardless. But for the Women, you have more like 3 or 4 boats in contention in any given year.
I'm enjoying the insider rowing hot talk. I'll talk to my Dam guy and see if we can pull some strings
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