Time Trial Instructions
A time trial is required for the Intermediate Eights, Intermediate Fours and Senior Fours Events. The time trial will be held over approximately 1,400m starting halfway along Temple Island and finishing at the normal regatta finish at Remenham Club. All crews entered in the events named above will be required to race on Friday morning 20th June 2008. Times will be posted on the timetable which can be accessed on the home page.
- Crews will boat in numerical order and must obey Marshalls instructions in the boating area and on the way to the start.
- Crews will follow the normal circulation pattern to the start area where they will be marshalled on the Berkshire (towpath) bank.
- Crews will be started once they have negotiated the stakeboats and have come onto the course.
- The command GO will be given approximately 50 metres from the timing start.
- Crews will be started at 30-second intervals.
- If a faster crew catches a slower one, the slower boat must move to the Buckinghamshire side of the course in order to keep out of the way of the faster one.
- Umpires will be stationed along the course and any crew impeding another one will be given a substantial time penalty.
- Once a crew has crossed the finish line it must continue to the gap in the booms and turn off the course towards the Berkshire (towpath) bank in order to return to the rafts.
The 32 fastest crews will be announced in alphabetical order after the race; no times will be given. A list of unsuccessful crews will be published, in finishing order.
Coxes must weigh-in at least 45 minutes before boating for the time trials.
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