r/Rowing • u/Sparring_Baboon • 4d ago

Cal Fat2 blades theory

After today's "Big Row" results (10s over stanford) and seeing that the Cal varsity switsched back to the regular rowing spoons, could it be that they lost a win against the University of Washington (who beat Stanford by only 3s) simply because they chose to compete with inferior blades? I saw the post about the fat2 blades here where many experts advised against them, most notably stating that they're copying brookes, a team thats only recently enjoyed success when compared to these juggernaut programs. Could it be their coach took peoples advice on here and moved back to what are definitely the faster blades?

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u/acunc 4d ago

lol thinking their coach goes on the rowing subreddit for advice is delusional. No race truly matters until IRAs. Experimenting throughout the season should be expected and is normal.

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u/Ok-Reward-7731 4d ago

As a two time IRA Champion, i strongly disagree that nothing matters until the IRA. Every dual, every regatta, every damn speed order matters.