St Catharine's College Boat Club

Bumped Robinson II

After a term disrupted by a two week stoppage due to ice on the Cam, it was very difficult to know what to expect heading into the first day of bumps, with only a shortened Robinson Head and Pembroke Regatta to get any idea of the relative strength of the crews around us.

The row down to the start was a bit nervy, as may be expected on the first day of bumps, with a typical "let's get all of the washouts out of the way on the practice one" practice start. The start of the actual race felt better, holding Caius III on station while gaining an unexpected whistle on Robinson just before the motorway bridge. This became two 10 strokes through the bridge, and from there we continued to eat up the distance before bumping half way down First Post Reach.

It turns out that the quick nature of the bump was aided by Robinson only rowing with 6 men for 15 strokes after the strokeman came off his seat. However, they all count, and now the task is to continue pressing upwards with a bump of Jesus III tomorrow.