Better in seven

I got there early to talk to Danielle about her crew needing an extra rower but she didn’t arrive in time and they did get a sub in the end. I told Becky that I was torn because I was committed to my crew, but at the same time would like to row in a crew of my own height (and to myself I said I wanted to row with a crew with better balance).

I found myself in 7 again for this outing and I was fairly dubious about it. I let Kat know my concerns and she said she’d keep an eye on me. Thankfully both she and George kept an eye on it and asked for strokeside to tap down and draw in differently which seemed to right the problem to a large extent.

We did some starts and a lot of firm pressure rowing, which worked up a pretty good sweat in everyone. No one’s seats came off, Zak only caught one crab, and on the whole it was a fairly no-nonsense session. Up at the lock George told me I was looking OK, but that I should draw in higher and not lean back as far. Zak pointed out that the 7 seat is chocked up higher than the others. I ended up feathering in the way that (I think) Brian had told me about where you actually flick your wrist to the side rather than up and down. It worked a treat, but I now have scary blisters on the palm on my left hand.