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nwhikerRant: 4:30 am wake up.
Rant: I have fucking cold. Grr.
Rave: It did not rain, which is critical because I was outside from 5:30 am until noon at....
Rave: .... a regatta where Perry placed 3rd in his single. Which is really good.
Rant: they were doing SO well in the double later, having passed three crews, and on track to do really well, and... his partner caught a crab (*), which ended up breaking his oar, and Perry had to row the next 2km by himself. He looked dead tired when they came in, poor boyo. They were well last, though they were "only" one minute behind the last crew on a 18 minute or so race, and considering the circumstances, that's not horrid.
(*) From wikipedia:
Btw "ejector crabs" are spectacular. I've been lucky enough never to have seen a rower get hurt on one, which can happen, so seeing them has just been like OMG, I can't beleive that kid just went flying!
Rant and Rave:: C. caught the crab just as Perry had finished negotiating a turn, which, because Perry is a master at turns, had them very close to the buoy, and very close to perpendicular to their previous course.... and a crew was coming up straight at them FAST, since they were dead in the water, unable to get broken oar from under the boat or move. Perry tried to get them moved, while SCREAMING the other crew to yield that they were stuck and could not move. The other crew kept coming at them, Perry completed his avoidance measures and the other crew just glanced them, not damage to either boat. The other crew, btw, came by the boathouse later to apologize and offered to pay for the non-existent damage on the boat, which was majorly decent of them. Perry and C. were technically at fault, I think because they'd stopped in the water way, but they could not move and Perry did all he could to avoid a worse collision. C. said he was panicking and sure they were going to end up in the water with a quad on top of them.
Rant: I don't often get pissed at Perry's coach, but I'm a bit pissed at her today. Yes, Perry was bow, and thus responsible for the boat, etc, but holding him 100% responsible for all that happened? Not quite fair, since he didn't catch the crab, and there was nothing he could have done to prevent that. He's rather upset at that.
Their last race was a quad. Perry started pretty tired (he'd already rowed twice, once in the single, and one in the crab-cursed race), and he and the stroke seat did well, but C and the other kid in the middle of the boat were "all over the place" and unable to match the pace the stroke was setting, going too slow for one or too fast for the other. It was absolutely PAINFUL to watch.
But yeah. I'm proud of my boyo. He's pretty upset this afternoon, to be honest, and is discounting completely his really nice singles race because of how the other two races shaped up.
Rant: I have fucking cold. Grr.
Rave: It did not rain, which is critical because I was outside from 5:30 am until noon at....
Rave: .... a regatta where Perry placed 3rd in his single. Which is really good.
Rant: they were doing SO well in the double later, having passed three crews, and on track to do really well, and... his partner caught a crab (*), which ended up breaking his oar, and Perry had to row the next 2km by himself. He looked dead tired when they came in, poor boyo. They were well last, though they were "only" one minute behind the last crew on a 18 minute or so race, and considering the circumstances, that's not horrid.
(*) From wikipedia:
Crab, or Catch a crab
A rowing error where the rower is unable to timely remove or release the oar blade from the water and the oar blade acts as a brake on the boat until it is removed from the water. This results in slowing the boat down. A severe crab can even eject a rower from the shell or capsize the boat (unlikely except in small boats). Occasionally, in a severe crab, the oar handle will knock the rower flat and end up behind him/her, in which case it is referred to as an 'over-the-head crab.'
Btw "ejector crabs" are spectacular. I've been lucky enough never to have seen a rower get hurt on one, which can happen, so seeing them has just been like OMG, I can't beleive that kid just went flying!
Rant and Rave:: C. caught the crab just as Perry had finished negotiating a turn, which, because Perry is a master at turns, had them very close to the buoy, and very close to perpendicular to their previous course.... and a crew was coming up straight at them FAST, since they were dead in the water, unable to get broken oar from under the boat or move. Perry tried to get them moved, while SCREAMING the other crew to yield that they were stuck and could not move. The other crew kept coming at them, Perry completed his avoidance measures and the other crew just glanced them, not damage to either boat. The other crew, btw, came by the boathouse later to apologize and offered to pay for the non-existent damage on the boat, which was majorly decent of them. Perry and C. were technically at fault, I think because they'd stopped in the water way, but they could not move and Perry did all he could to avoid a worse collision. C. said he was panicking and sure they were going to end up in the water with a quad on top of them.
Rant: I don't often get pissed at Perry's coach, but I'm a bit pissed at her today. Yes, Perry was bow, and thus responsible for the boat, etc, but holding him 100% responsible for all that happened? Not quite fair, since he didn't catch the crab, and there was nothing he could have done to prevent that. He's rather upset at that.
Their last race was a quad. Perry started pretty tired (he'd already rowed twice, once in the single, and one in the crab-cursed race), and he and the stroke seat did well, but C and the other kid in the middle of the boat were "all over the place" and unable to match the pace the stroke was setting, going too slow for one or too fast for the other. It was absolutely PAINFUL to watch.
But yeah. I'm proud of my boyo. He's pretty upset this afternoon, to be honest, and is discounting completely his really nice singles race because of how the other two races shaped up.
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