The Housatonic river where Kent rows is very narrow and the current runs briskly in the early spring (about 4+ miles per hour) on this particular day.
If one crew gets even 1 boat width too close to shore on any one, of the 2 major turns on the Kent course they can lose 1 boat length very quickly through no fault of the rowers. (I'm not saying......, I'm "just saying")
In any event our G4 won, G3 and G2 gave Kent a real good run all the way to the finish losing by very narrow 3 second margins, but our G1 was beaten soundly.
We will race 6 other crews on Saturday 4-20 on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, MA and get another read on each boats speed then.
Coach Joe
