Subj : Re: The History of Bowballs
To   : rec.sport.rowing
From : carl
Date : Fri May 21 2021 02:46 pm

On 21/05/2021 12:16, Andy McKenzie wrote:
> It seems that after the Cambridge incident bow balls were written in to the
local rules of racing for Cambridge University, and subsequently Oxford, at
least for 8s and 4s, and included a provision of a 1 guinea fine for non
compliance (-u100 in todays money), documented in the  CUBC rules re-printed in
 the 1897 'Classic Guide to Rowing' (from a 2016 reprint) .
> 
> Though I do recall seeing a photo of a sculler from a Victorian era Thames
club that was captioned "a  5 Guinea fine was levied for a gentleman improperly
 attired on the water ..jacket, tie and cap being compulsory", so maybe they
didn't rate safety more seriously than we do....

Don't that just perfectly sum up the pomposities of rowing officialdom 
and quantify their priorities!  Proper kit considered to be 5x more 
important than rational safety measures.  "Plus |oa change, plus c'est la 
m|-me chose", as our friends across the Channel have been know to say in 
moments of frustration.

Doh!
Carl

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