Somehow this popped up on my recommended vids and it's such a throwback! I coxed in this exact race, youth 8 2016. Haven't been in a boat in 5 years, this was so fun to reminisce about!
I think your Flight had more chaos in it than ours (we watched the Youth 8s), but we obviously had more than our share of 1st-timers clogging the pipes with wide turns and stopping in critical places (hence my raging comment after having to pull the E-brake just beyond Anderson). I went 20 years between coxing stints, so never count out the possibility of a return to the tiller; there is always a need for coxes anywhere you go. This race is a case in point of Cherry Picking; a show-and-row opportunity that popped up 2 weeks prior to the regatta.
Every muscle in my old aching body was rowing in time with you! You never forget. You never leave the boat behind. And that sound of the oars is pure music to my soul!!! Thanks for posting this video. I now need a cigarette for the post coitus time.
Your comment made me LOL for sure! I was so bummed: it was raining with almost hurricane volume right up to and immediately following the race. I had much better equipment (motion-stabilized cameras, better microphones) which unfortunately were not weather resistant, so I was stuck with a pair of GoPro's instead. I guess it recorded a more "raw" type of footage and subsequently provided a more true-to-life result? Whatever the case, you said it succinctly: "You never forget."
@@LV2PLA Thanks, as a documentary cameraman myself, in a past job, I definitely feel your pain. But you are correct in that the now ubiquitous GoPro footage makes for a more immediate and raw image. I really adored hearing your comments to the crew. They were not dissimilar to ones we had shouted to us by our coaches over the years. And I also have had at times the terrible blade crab like your ‘stroke’ position rower had early in he video. It was handled quite well by you, I thought. And having to watch out for the oars of other boats...wow, this video has it all! Thanks again.
You are such a ballsy yielder/yieldee (not a word, but I'll roll with it), which is exactly what you need to be on the Charles! Made me nervous every time but you nailed it, and now I am HYPED for hocr next year.
Thanks. The Charles is definitely a demanding course for any cox, and incredibly intimidating for the less experienced. Alum events/flights (like this one) usually see the latter since the experienced coxes are either still in University boats or Masters' class boats. I'm not going to lie: this was a much more "exciting" race than I expected my Last Race to be.
@@LV2PLA This is bananas for a Last Race! My most recent race was my first HOCR (in 2019), but I’d still in college so it hopefully won’t be the last. Didn’t think about how alum events would be different, that’s hella interesting
wow. well....good idea to get the crab out of the way JUST before the starting line. Great "crab recovery" and a crab you'll remember for the rest of your life.
I'm racing for my high school in a u17 four+ this weekend at the HOCR! I'm so excited and scareddd for my first time at this size of a regatta! great video though!!
Be excited, not scared. It is an incredible regatta that is the most fun I've ever had in a boat. Something that almost nobody mentions is paying attention going TO THE START AREA. It's like going up an alleyway, with some of the turns almost impossibly sharp - even those of us who have done multiple HOCRs can screw them up. These turns have marshals giving instructions from shore. Listen to them and react immediately. And most importantly: HAVE FUN!!!
@@jif3847 I have no issue with the kayakers on our lake. I row our single past them daily, and they always have a smile and a wave. Now if you talk about wake surfers... I wish their boats would all spontaneously combust.
LOL! Oops: inner monologue escaped, I see. The boat w orange blades was writing his name on the river at that point and forced me so wide - almost into downriver traffic. But that's head racing, I guess!
Lively action from Weeks to Eliot bridges! Fun stuff. Good fundamentals for an impromptu crew. And I've found that all good coxswains are jackasses (in the most complimentary use of that term).
I made a pylon using PVC and an old Camelbak hydration backpack for skiing and gaining this "3rd Person" perspective. The plan was to use my stabilization gimbal on it as well, but that is not waterproof and... well, yeah.
You can see it in the photos Sport Graphics took. Go to their website, find HOCR 2016 and search for "Friends of St. Joseph's Prep Rowing" under Team/Club. I cleared it w/Regatta HQ prior to racing.
2 questions: 1. how long was the race for the rate to be so low? 2. why are the orange things (the ones that are supposed to shorten the length of blade outside the boat, usually used in quads or fours) on the wrong side of the boat?
As for the rating: this boat was thrown together a week in advance with the race being our first row together. Add to that the fact that many of the rowers admitted to zero conditioning, and you'll agree that a high rating was not a realistic objective. We shoved off with no expectations other than having a fun time. And that we did.
As for the clam shells (the orange things) - they were on the oars when we borrowed them so I left it to each rower to decide if he wanted to use it or not. Those that didn't simply clamped it inside the collar like you noticed.
is that it? schools head is 7k... but hell if thats the way they get the best power, so be it.. but usually a rate so slow is reserved for 6k and more..
I don't know about that, but it was the best I could do with a "borrowed" boat and show-and-row crew. No emotional capital to draw from with them, so the only option was the horse whip. Fun course and race as always, nevertheless.
@@LV2PLA makes me wanna get back out again. Did this course in 10th grade and it was killer because of the headwind that day. Haven't been in a boat since 2018 but some single sculling sounds pretty great right now.
I agree. In our defense, seeing as this was our very first row together and that several of the rowers hadn't touched an oar in years, we could have been worse. The cox, on the other hand...
This cox is so good "IVE HAD IT WITH THESE AMATEURS"
The only critique I have is the last bridge where he says that the turn should’ve been better planned but other wise 100%
Time? I think I missed that 😅
Somehow this popped up on my recommended vids and it's such a throwback! I coxed in this exact race, youth 8 2016. Haven't been in a boat in 5 years, this was so fun to reminisce about!
I think your Flight had more chaos in it than ours (we watched the Youth 8s), but we obviously had more than our share of 1st-timers clogging the pipes with wide turns and stopping in critical places (hence my raging comment after having to pull the E-brake just beyond Anderson). I went 20 years between coxing stints, so never count out the possibility of a return to the tiller; there is always a need for coxes anywhere you go. This race is a case in point of Cherry Picking; a show-and-row opportunity that popped up 2 weeks prior to the regatta.
Every muscle in my old aching body was rowing in time with you! You never forget. You never leave the boat behind. And that sound of the oars is pure music to my soul!!! Thanks for posting this video. I now need a cigarette for the post coitus time.
Your comment made me LOL for sure! I was so bummed: it was raining with almost hurricane volume right up to and immediately following the race. I had much better equipment (motion-stabilized cameras, better microphones) which unfortunately were not weather resistant, so I was stuck with a pair of GoPro's instead. I guess it recorded a more "raw" type of footage and subsequently provided a more true-to-life result? Whatever the case, you said it succinctly: "You never forget."
@@LV2PLA Thanks, as a documentary cameraman myself, in a past job, I definitely feel your pain. But you are correct in that the now ubiquitous GoPro footage makes for a more immediate and raw image. I really adored hearing your comments to the crew. They were not dissimilar to ones we had shouted to us by our coaches over the years. And I also have had at times the terrible blade crab like your ‘stroke’ position rower had early in he video. It was handled quite well by you, I thought. And having to watch out for the oars of other boats...wow, this video has it all! Thanks again.
You are such a ballsy yielder/yieldee (not a word, but I'll roll with it), which is exactly what you need to be on the Charles! Made me nervous every time but you nailed it, and now I am HYPED for hocr next year.
Thanks. The Charles is definitely a demanding course for any cox, and incredibly intimidating for the less experienced. Alum events/flights (like this one) usually see the latter since the experienced coxes are either still in University boats or Masters' class boats. I'm not going to lie: this was a much more "exciting" race than I expected my Last Race to be.
@@LV2PLA This is bananas for a Last Race! My most recent race was my first HOCR (in 2019), but I’d still in college so it hopefully won’t be the last. Didn’t think about how alum events would be different, that’s hella interesting
The joy of coxing, thank you.
Fun stuff. Old guy rower here and missing it like hell watching these guys.
wow. well....good idea to get the crab out of the way JUST before the starting line. Great "crab recovery" and a crab you'll remember for the rest of your life.
Definitely an overly-memorable start to a race that is always memorable!
Stroke seat looks like he normally rows the other side
Very short stroke, seems he is rowing 3/4 slide
wish i had this coxin tho
He's too heavy. And a jackass. :)
I'm racing for my high school in a u17 four+ this weekend at the HOCR! I'm so excited and scareddd for my first time at this size of a regatta! great video though!!
Be excited, not scared. It is an incredible regatta that is the most fun I've ever had in a boat. Something that almost nobody mentions is paying attention going TO THE START AREA. It's like going up an alleyway, with some of the turns almost impossibly sharp - even those of us who have done multiple HOCRs can screw them up. These turns have marshals giving instructions from shore. Listen to them and react immediately. And most importantly: HAVE FUN!!!
I just coxed the guys u17 four like 2 hrs ago. What boat were u in?
This is a very very cool video. Made me love a sport I don’t even do.
Trust me dude its so fun and addicting
"Jackass, c/o '90... Coxswain." Priceless.
I feel like I have PTSD after watching this lol.
I had it halfway down the course.
Little crab at the start huh
It portended the race to come, it seems! You can hear the starter trying to keep the laughter out of his voice when he says "Good luck..."
wow this is a team...
I am a kayak paddler, but my heart rate was 120+ while I was watching this!
This isn't kayaking
@@jamespostle6894 oh, yes. I want to say, I AM a kayak paddler, not a rower.
@@HEKOT77 rower's don't like kayak paddlers
@@jif3847 we don't care :D
@@jif3847 I have no issue with the kayakers on our lake. I row our single past them daily, and they always have a smile and a wave. Now if you talk about wake surfers... I wish their boats would all spontaneously combust.
17:11 Volume up
LOL! Oops: inner monologue escaped, I see. The boat w orange blades was writing his name on the river at that point and forced me so wide - almost into downriver traffic. But that's head racing, I guess!
Great video!
Respect+
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Lively action from Weeks to Eliot bridges! Fun stuff. Good fundamentals for an impromptu crew. And I've found that all good coxswains are jackasses (in the most complimentary use of that term).
Where did you place/mount the gopro? It looks like you used two. How did you get the higher image height and view?
I made a pylon using PVC and an old Camelbak hydration backpack for skiing and gaining this "3rd Person" perspective. The plan was to use my stabilization gimbal on it as well, but that is not waterproof and... well, yeah.
You can see it in the photos Sport Graphics took. Go to their website, find HOCR 2016 and search for "Friends of St. Joseph's Prep Rowing" under Team/Club. I cleared it w/Regatta HQ prior to racing.
I was mad confused as well 😂
Stroke crabs out! Wow
Yup. I loved the Starting Marshal's comment: "Good luck!" (The boat before us scratched, so he had the wrong name).
why are you so close to the buoy line? just curious to know what is behind this logic
Simple: Cutting the corner as tightly as possible and thereby minimizing the distance the crew rows!
Obviously, this is for head races and NOT sprints! LOL
Ok thanks! At first I was confused but then figured it out soon after lol
2 questions:
1. how long was the race for the rate to be so low?
2. why are the orange things (the ones that are supposed to shorten the length of blade outside the boat, usually used in quads or fours) on the wrong side of the boat?
As for the rating: this boat was thrown together a week in advance with the race being our first row together. Add to that the fact that many of the rowers admitted to zero conditioning, and you'll agree that a high rating was not a realistic objective. We shoved off with no expectations other than having a fun time. And that we did.
As for the clam shells (the orange things) - they were on the oars when we borrowed them so I left it to each rower to decide if he wanted to use it or not. Those that didn't simply clamped it inside the collar like you noticed.
ah hahaha thanks, that makes more sense!!! good luck in further heads and regattas!
StudioStuff head of the Charles is a 4k
is that it? schools head is 7k...
but hell if thats the way they get the best power, so be it.. but usually a rate so slow is reserved for 6k and more..
Good cox
I don't know about that, but it was the best I could do with a "borrowed" boat and show-and-row crew. No emotional capital to draw from with them, so the only option was the horse whip. Fun course and race as always, nevertheless.
@@LV2PLA makes me wanna get back out again. Did this course in 10th grade and it was killer because of the headwind that day. Haven't been in a boat since 2018 but some single sculling sounds pretty great right now.
NOW YOU OUT OF THAT STROKE ,NEVER EATING ON THEY HAND'S ANY MORE .PA JAM MANGER NAN MAINS YO ENCORE JUSQUA CE QUE OU MOURI..
So luv this video. Why can't I have jackass at all my practices? 😊
I can honestly say that this was a Boatload of Jackasses; I was simply steering and trying to keep it together.
love jackass
Yeah prep
kind of a rude coxswain..
That’s kinda how you cox
yeah but it helps
Some catches are very slow, without power, you should improve this.
I agree. In our defense, seeing as this was our very first row together
and that several of the rowers hadn't touched an oar in years, we could
have been worse. The cox, on the other hand...
That was sloppy
That's an understatement. But it was a throw-together crew cobbled together 4 days prior, so I considered our not sinking a victory in itself!