In any race other than the Boat Race, steering does not take an awful lot of nous.
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The ambassador boat Race for Water gives us a wonderful opportunity to promote our global observing system further.
He said despite it continuing, "so far as the Boat Race was concerned, Mr Oldfield had obviously caused chaos".
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Dowbiggin is also confident she can steer favourites Cambridge clear of an upset in the 153rd Boat Race on Saturday.
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Meanwhile, the watchdog has launched an investigation into BBC One's coverage of the annual Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge universities.
He commentated on major sporting events including Wimbledon and the Boat Race.
Perkins knew he wanted to row in the Boat Race after coming over to see his good friend Brian Palm compete last year.
When her sales of boat race photos to the boat owners didn't cover her expenses, she branched out by selling them to sailing magazines.
Unlike the most recent boat race, Oxford (8, 511 downloads on average per month) and Cambridge (7, 217 downloads) find themselves pretty close in the piracy stakes.
The universities of Cambridge, with six crews entered, and Oxford, with five, use the race as an early practice for the Boat Race, which covers the same course in reverse.
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And they have been broken continuously since the first intercollegiate sporting event in the 1840s when Harvard allegedly used ringers against Yale in a boat race, sponsored by a railroad company.
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What makes life different for a Boat Race cox is that, uniquely over this stretch of water, the crews are side by side, with nothing separating them except the view of the umpire.
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Boxing and other sports Tyson won his licence back, High Rise won the Derby and Earth Summit the National, the Light Blues took the Boat Race and the Tour de France became the Tour de Farce.
They will also go to Prince Edward Island, where the confederation of Canada's provinces was signed in 1864 and where, 147 years later, William and Kate will race against each other in a dragon boat race.
One of the most poignant honours is for Ripley, who played rugby for England and the British Lions, ran the 400m at the UK athletics championships and nearly made it into the Boat Race crew at the age of 50.
The boat Race for Water is the ambassador of the Multi One Attitude Foundation, which has chosen to use sailing as a means to raise awareness on two essential issues: the preservation of oceans and the reduction of the water footprint.
The most physical demonstration of this rivalry is, famously, the annual University Boat Race: one spring Saturday each year the Light Blues (Cambridge) and Dark Blues (Oxford) each send their finest eight oarsmen to row the 4 miles and 374 yards along the Thames between Putney and Mortlake in west London.
The Boat Race is unique because it takes place over a course that not only twists and turns - unlike the 2, 000m Olympic course - but does so on tidal water, where the pace of the stream varies, and conditions are never the same from one day to the next.
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With no agreement on what type of boat to race, the Deed of Gift governing the Cup defaults to 90-foot boats of unlimited beam, or width.
The defending team--for 132 years the New York Yacht Club--traditionally ran the final two-boat Cup race, while the challengers ran the elimination races leading up to it.
Through a spectacular racing boat, RACE FOR WATER aims to promote innovation with universities by developing tools and systems to measure the water footprint and micro-plastic pollution in the oceans.
As part of the Australian crew, her boat won a race the year before last and she was involved in some of the legs of the race.
Old men as well, if their boat was going to win the race and they shouted their names if the boat had its name and they did.
The harrowing, around-the-world Volvo Ocean Race is about halfway done and one boat celebrating a new lead over the fleet is getting some bad news: this might be your last race.
Thursday's incident marks the second time a boat has capsized during practice for the 2013 race while attempting a bear-away.
Thursday's incident marks the second time a boat has capsized during practice for the 2013 race while attempting this maneuver.
Race for Water is the ambassador boat of the Multi One Attitude Foundation, working with UNESCO to use sailing as a means for education and awareness of key water sustainability issues, particularly ocean pollution.
We're delighted to have the boat not just on the podium for a single race for the first time in four campaigns, but overall, which is what we set out to achieve and we've achieved it.
The former Royal Marine won international fame in 1997 when he was rescued after surviving on "sheer determination, a little water and a little chocolate" for five days in the upturned hull of his boat in the Southern Ocean during the Vendee Globe race.
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Cambridge's president is Wayne Pommen, who missed out last year when his boat crashed into a motor launch on the eve of the race.
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