Summer Eights, Men’s 1st VIII

"The boat is new to the College. I believe it was the first new boat the College Boat Club had purchased in ten years. It was purchased second-hand from one of the London rowing clubs. On our first outing in it, excited, we swerved to the right to avoid hitting a swan and rowed the boat straight into the bank, putting a hole in the side of our brand new boat. It took four weeks for the repair! Embarrassing to say the least!"