Reënactors dressed as British soldiers got in a dory and rowed from the schooner to the beach’s edge.
—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
2 Nov. 2026
When the first Women’s Boat Race was held in 1927, the Oxford and Cambridge crews were not permitted to compete directly against each other, so each team rowed separate races and were assessed on both style and speed.
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