Big one this morning – we left at 06:00 to try and get to Byron’s Pool and back before 10:00. Byron’s pool is beyond Grantchester and as far as you can get in a punt from Cambridge (unless you’re into adventure punting, that is). It’s about a 10km round trip, and 2.5km per hour is [...]
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More about this morning
Posted in Nature, Technique, Training on 03/05/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Punting, from which End? – redux
Posted in Technique, Training on 26/04/2010 | 2 Comments »
New answer – both Ends. The hottest new punting technique in town is double punting; where a second punter, with a second pole stands at the front and applies some brute force. The punter at the back has to steer a bit more, but we end up going faster, for less effort. The proof, as [...]
Punting, from which End?
Posted in Technique on 20/04/2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Cambridge End. That is, the flat deck goes at the back, you stand on it and punt. This requires more skill and balance than standing in the boat, as Oxford would have you do it, but we value our punters and think they all deserve a pedestal to stand on. Photo by Jerome Woodwark.
Training
Posted in Nature, Technique, Training on 20/04/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Clearly it’s not fair that only ‘proper sports’ like rowing (*cough* Beckie *cough*) have to get up early to train, so we’ve instituted a strict regime of our own. From now on there’s early morning punt training for two hours, meeting at the punts at 06:30. We’ll be doing this every weekday morning come rain [...]
