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Cambridge women nearly sank. The modern boats have bilge pumps but it couldn't keep up with the amount of water coming over the saxboard and eventually the exhaust was under water. The modern boats have sealed flotation chambers, though, and this kept the boat just about buoyant though practically level with the water. They were still able to move the boat. For safety's sake the umpire asked if they wanted to be recovered, in fact they went on to finish and record a time, but obviously Oxford's margin was huge.

Cambridge men beat Oxford by about two and half lengths. Oxford kept in touch throughout the race but you could see in the last mile their stroke was trying to push the rating up and the rest of the crew weren't keeping proper time. If they could have got the timing right, I think the result would have been closer.

Never understood the interest in this TBH.
Not my cup of tea really.

Got to love our odd traditions

This thread is highly disappointing... I read the title involving boat racing, and fully expected there to be no actual boats. WTF people

A tree got hit by lightning and burst into flames. This made it by far the best boat race ever.

I find Japanese boat race more interesting