The record time of 16 minutes and 19 seconds was set by Cambridge in 1998, and although the race heads upstream, it is timed to start on an incoming flood tide. Each boat has a crew of eight ...

The Boat Race returns in 2024 with Cambridge and Oxford ... on the River Thames in south west London. The race is rowed upstream, but starts during the incoming tide to ensure that crews are ...

The first boat to cross the finish line without any penalties is the winner of the race. To clear the finish line ... Of the 18 to 25 gates, a minimum of six are marked as upstream gates, requiring ...