the guy in the launch just sits there and watches it happen. He should have been busy warning them, such as saying something like "Ignatius, stop rowing" eight times at the top of his voice.
to be fair, the crew looks like it was taking some excellent strokes. Whenever I cox, if the boat looks and feels that good, other things (poles, sunken logs, sea monsters....) can just get tuned out by the magic.
It's possible that if the cox was small enough, the stroke tall enough, and the approach to the pole direct enough, that the cox literally couldn't see the pole behind the rowers... and yeah lolgirl419 I always tuned out the anouncers too.
OMG that is possibly one of the best video's I've seen. The one thing to do at Henley is to listen to the Stewards. Her stroke man should have seen the Steward waving flags and by that point jumping up and down like a madman - and its rare for people to raise their voice at HRR. Soooo funny though. 6 must have been in so much pain.
This race is notorious for crashes on that course because their is a bend (dogleg), in the race he was trying to cut the corner but fucked it up plus it was king tide so the pylon wasn't much taller than the rowers, he was just very unlucky it was in his blindspot the whole time.
I was at this regatta and was on the shore opposite the crash site, some facts. 1. The umpires boat was a long way behind the crew easily 3-4 boat lengths. The video was taken through a zoom lens making the crew appear a lot closer than they actually were. 2. The umpire did not have a megaphone, which is standard umpires equipment. 3.The umpire is yelling into the video camera microphone, which is why he sounds so loud. 4.Not shown in the video is a large cheering crowd on the port side of the crew, the coxswains could hear nothing anyway. My son coxwained in the race preceding this one and verified this fact. 5. This rowing course has dog leg turn, this crew had just come around the turning pylon on starboard side and was heading for the finish line. There are two more pylons before the finish line on starboard side after rounding the turning pylon. There were two other crews on the Riverview port side which caused the Riverview coxswain to veer a bit more to his left than he normally would have after rounding the pylon, his concentration on keeping clearance to the other crews on his right distracted his attention from the pylon in front. This coxswain was highly experienced and had steered this course dozens of times over the years. It just goes to show that in the heat of battle even the best can mess up.
The rowing command is "Hold water", or "Check-it", or better yet "Weigh-nuff" (weigh enough). 'Stop' is not a rowing command and the rowers couldn't hear. Check-it out. The #6 seat was ejected from the boat. The Cox(swain)has a giant blind spot that happens to be straight ahead.
It actually is tough to see from the coxie seat. They are shorter than the rowers, sitting lower, and leaning out of the boat throws off the set. It is much harder than it looks to see something thin and random like that coming while focusing on racing.
Psst. Don't feel bad S.I. back East. @ my St. Ignatius, (circa '84), the coach at the time ran over the bow of our 8 with the launch. We almost became the swim team that morning!.
Hold water would be the best thing to do in that situation. Check it would not work at that speed I don't think, a little fast. #6 got ejected because that had to be one of the biggest "crabs" EVER having your ore hit a pole. :P
Ever sat in the back of and 8+? Your blind spot is dead in front of you. To check that blind spot the cox needs to lean out of the boat, throwing the boat off balance and slowing it down( rowers HATE this) . While there is no doubt that the cox in this clip is responsible for the accident, it's a really understandable accident.
Because it was directly ahead of him, and there were 8 people bigger than him in between him and the pole. The blind spot in a rowing eight is right in front of you.
To be fair, this course is absolutely godawful. It’s not even the bend,it’s just getting up to the start when the whole area’s clogged with boats, then the wind comes and blows everyone across.
@disneychannelbee1234 You can't see things directly in front of you when you are coxing an 8 because of the large people in front of you and you are lower in the boat.
Never mind, at first I read it wrong, "Check it down" is what I was thinking of. My crew never used Check it. Just Check it down when you want to go backwords.
this is why officials use flags.. although Weighnuff would of worked better than stop rowing. We're just trained to ignore some words and pick up on others.
That's a scary situation when your coxin doesn't care if you are going to crash in to a pole!!!!! You are suppose to trust your coxin with your life. I am praying I never have this coxin.
bet the majority of these comments on this video arn't even from rowers. Or experienced ones at that. When in a race you rely completely on the cox, and tend to blank everything else out and concentrate on winning. At least the bow man didn't get catapulted out the boat
@ABOlsen69666 its the strokes job to tell the coxwain if the ref's flag is up and the cox hasnt noticed. plus not entirely the cox's fault on that day. to be fair, all those boats on the left of the 8 arent normally there, and the cox thought that the yachts were to the right of the pole
the guy in the launch just sits there and watches it happen. He should have been busy warning them, such as saying something like "Ignatius, stop rowing" eight times at the top of his voice.
He was literally shouting at them
@@GriffAitken-no9wp are you autistic?
Thats the joke@@GriffAitken-no9wp
someone should of told them to stop rowing
Thats the smart thing to do, why would you do that?
are u an idiot... turn up the fucking volume you fake ranga
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grammar boy
Guy: "STOP ROWING!!!!"
Rower #1: "What did he say?"
Rower #2: "I think it was keep going."
Guy = umpire
Rower 1 and 2 are 100% bow pair or stern pair 💀
Legend has it, they are still rowing.
Only a brick wall could stop them...and it did.
St. Ignatius has such a bad reputation now because of this
Yep, 16 years later and they’re still the laughing stock of every regatta
@@Big0nion303 I wouldn’t have it any other way
to be fair, the crew looks like it was taking some excellent strokes. Whenever I cox, if the boat looks and feels that good, other things (poles, sunken logs, sea monsters....) can just get tuned out by the magic.
If only the coxswain was doing his job, too.....
It's possible that if the cox was small enough, the stroke tall enough, and the approach to the pole direct enough, that the cox literally couldn't see the pole behind the rowers... and yeah lolgirl419 I always tuned out the anouncers too.
watching this video always makes me feel better about myself.
Do you feel better about yourself 12 years later, nervseeker?
I am just so thankful someone was filming this.
Lol Ignatius omg. I don't think anyone told them to stop rowing
if ya win its the rowers if ya lose its the coxswain...
Ya Dingus! STOP ROWING!
Who is here in 2023? The legends live on
OMG that is possibly one of the best video's I've seen. The one thing to do at Henley is to listen to the Stewards. Her stroke man should have seen the Steward waving flags and by that point jumping up and down like a madman - and its rare for people to raise their voice at HRR. Soooo funny though. 6 must have been in so much pain.
Ramming speed aquired Captain.
This made my day. "STOP ROWING!!! oh my god..."
This race is notorious for crashes on that course because their is a bend (dogleg), in the race he was trying to cut the corner but fucked it up plus it was king tide so the pylon wasn't much taller than the rowers, he was just very unlucky it was in his blindspot the whole time.
yeah, apparently soon after that race another boat sunk in the same place. i heard that from insta though so don’t quote me on it 😂
Dude swimming away at 0:22 probably said "Screw you guys, I'm going home."
the rowers mustve been pissed, looked like that hurt there hands/wrists... i sure hope the cox heard some from his coach for this
It was king tide during this race, the pylons were no taller than the bow man so he only saw it just before he hit
ahahah, i remember hearing about this while I was at the last grafton regatta. what a classic!!
I was at this regatta and was on the shore opposite the crash site, some facts.
1. The umpires boat was a long way behind the crew easily 3-4 boat lengths. The video was taken through a zoom lens making the crew appear a lot closer than they actually were.
2. The umpire did not have a megaphone, which is standard umpires equipment.
3.The umpire is yelling into the video camera microphone, which is why he sounds so loud.
4.Not shown in the video is a large cheering crowd on the port side of the crew, the coxswains could hear nothing anyway. My son coxwained in the race preceding this one and verified this fact.
5. This rowing course has dog leg turn, this crew had just come around the turning pylon on starboard side and was heading for the finish line. There are two more pylons before the finish line on starboard side after rounding the turning pylon. There were two other crews on the Riverview port side which caused the Riverview coxswain to veer a bit more to his left than he normally would have after rounding the pylon, his concentration on keeping clearance to the other crews on his right distracted his attention from the pylon in front. This coxswain was highly experienced and had steered this course dozens of times over the years. It just goes to show that in the heat of battle even the best can mess up.
Geez! the guy telling them to stop rowing couldn't get any louder!
My coach showed us this video and she said that the coxswain apparently misheard the "STOP ROWING" and thought it was some sort of war cry
The rowing command is "Hold water", or "Check-it", or better yet "Weigh-nuff" (weigh enough). 'Stop' is not a rowing command and the rowers couldn't hear.
Check-it out. The #6 seat was ejected from the boat.
The Cox(swain)has a giant blind spot that happens to be straight ahead.
somebody should have told them to stop rowing
those port rowers are in some pain... even hittin a little buoy hurts
It actually is tough to see from the coxie seat. They are shorter than the rowers, sitting lower, and leaning out of the boat throws off the set. It is much harder than it looks to see something thin and random like that coming while focusing on racing.
Psst. Don't feel bad S.I. back East. @ my St. Ignatius, (circa '84), the coach at the time ran over the bow of our 8 with the launch. We almost became the swim team that morning!.
Comforts me that this isn't my St. Ignatius
Hold water would be the best thing to do in that situation. Check it would not work at that speed I don't think, a little fast. #6 got ejected because that had to be one of the biggest "crabs" EVER having your ore hit a pole. :P
I thought I saw an oar snap too.
anyone still here?
Still kickin!
Ever sat in the back of and 8+? Your blind spot is dead in front of you. To check that blind spot the cox needs to lean out of the boat, throwing the boat off balance and slowing it down( rowers HATE this) . While there is no doubt that the cox in this clip is responsible for the accident, it's a really understandable accident.
0:25 "OW!"
In the UK "Hold it Hard" is an emergency stop. At least I think it is (?)
I think this is Australian
Also hilarious .
Because it was directly ahead of him, and there were 8 people bigger than him in between him and the pole.
The blind spot in a rowing eight is right in front of you.
Still the coxswains fault. You gotta know the hazards before you row
You can clearly see it lmao, it’s tall enough that he would have seen it Clearly enough to know to turn or weigh enough
Really don't know how that cox didn't see the pole/ hear the official yelling to stop Rowing?!?!
haha i remember when our school saw this - gave them so much crap for it
OMG Your guys boat just got owned
To be fair, this course is absolutely godawful. It’s not even the bend,it’s just getting up to the start when the whole area’s clogged with boats, then the wind comes and blows everyone across.
Awww they just look so defeated hahaha
st. ignatius moment 💀💀💀
reminds me of my cox
" Alright, now arms only warmup for stern 6, bow 3 foward,... ROW"
FENTON STOP ROWING JESUS CHRIST
Just so everyone knows the guy that fell out was ejeted. The impact forced the oar into him so hard that it pushed him out of the boat
@disneychannelbee1234 You can't see things directly in front of you when you are coxing an 8 because of the large people in front of you and you are lower in the boat.
Anyone else notice 6 seat going for a swim
At least it just hit the oars, not the boat...
Someone got fired at the end of that heat.
Guess Samir graduated to rowing after a promising career in rally driving.
going to where that race is tomorrow. Hope for no more repeats!
woho..at least it hit the stroke sides..better than getting the boat damaged..hahaha
A bad day to be a strokesider... and that cox.
He must walk into alot of lampposts.
Its st ignatius sydney, australia. I go there, id know and i was at the regatta
Never mind, at first I read it wrong, "Check it down" is what I was thinking of. My crew never used Check it. Just Check it down when you want to go backwords.
this is why officials use flags..
although Weighnuff would of worked better than stop rowing. We're just trained to ignore some words and pick up on others.
yeeewwww those cracking sounds, im sorry its so funny
Coaches and officails outrank a cox in my club, cox says row, coach says wheynuff, we don't row.
ignatius why you gotta be like that? just stop rowing!
IGNATIOUS STOP ROWING!!
think he had one but missed the pole completely and didnt bother to listen to the officials ( who could have used a loudhailer)
yeah, it's iggies in sydney. you'd expect nothing less from them.. haha
Could not Agree More
@NAXE5 I would agree, but that's a pretty tall obstacle to pass off as 'in the blind spot'...and coxswains should know their course.
Why don't they put a video camera at the front and give the cox a screen so he can see where he's going. It's not rocket surgery.
that guy that fell out of the boat. lol
Very nice.........
That's a scary situation when your coxin doesn't care if you are going to crash in to a pole!!!!! You are suppose to trust your coxin with your life. I am praying I never have this coxin.
bet the majority of these comments on this video arn't even from rowers. Or experienced ones at that. When in a race you rely completely on the cox, and tend to blank everything else out and concentrate on winning. At least the bow man didn't get catapulted out the boat
In Soviet Russia people don't suck at listening to good reason!
"oh my god"
Hahaha this is saint ignatius in Adelaide I went there
unbelievable!
how the hell that guy in the front went to take a bath?
STOP ROWING!!!
if the coxswain is watching, how did he not notice a giant pole?
Probably a blind spot. Still the cox fault
glad that im not that coxswain
its St. Ignatius Chicago at the midwest regional rowing competition in the US. not an australian crew. my friend was at this regatta
This is St Ignatius College Riverview Sydney
Haha. Thanks for this, wreck2.
Too funny. Nice going cox.
was that the infamous one eyed wild bill???
classic ignatius
Riverview Gold Cup
@TheArticBird The aussie accent kinda gave it away....
Hahaha I'm laughing now , but what if that was me O_O and poor rowers they're all like wut
@ABOlsen69666 its the strokes job to tell the coxwain if the ref's flag is up and the cox hasnt noticed. plus not entirely the cox's fault on that day. to be fair, all those boats on the left of the 8 arent normally there, and the cox thought that the yachts were to the right of the pole
@TheBurgooKing
Yes everyone at Iggies is a girl!
HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA! i got QUITE a chuckle at this...
Way enough!
you dont get bow coxwains in eights
sick one
He could of just said check it all-round........
i cox, and i'm not this bad.... hahahaha, HOW CAN YOU NOT SEE THE POLE?? :p
how the fuck can u not hear him i am a cox and can hear them easy when i am in a race
he definetely saw d pole cos at d start of d vid he was steering rite 4 it
how d ur man fall out
No more drunk coxing!
made my life :)
Is this Chicago Ignatius or another Ignatius
Its Sydney St Ignatius
GO EVERETT!
st. Ignatius in cleveland?