As soon as we found out we can watch Henley Royal Regatta from our narrowboat without setting a foot on shore we knew we were going. Not knowing what to expect we invited a few friends and family over to join the occasion.

Henley Royal Regatta is a Rowing event held annually, apart from the last year of course in Henley-on-Thames It was established 1839. Generally, it happened on the first weekend in July but this year it’s been moved to August.

The regatta lasts for five days (Wednesday to Sunday) Each event in the regatta takes the form of a knockout competition, with each race consisting of two crews racing side by side up the Henley course. The course is marked out by two lines of booms and the legth is 2,112 metres long.

The race begins at the downstream end of Temple Island, where the crews attach to a pair of pontoons.

There are several progress markers along the course. Intermediate times are recorded at two of them – "the Barrier" and "Fawley", in addition to the time to the finish. The regatta has official commentary, which is announced at these points along the course. The commentary is renowned for being unemotional and factual, with the commentator only allowed to announce the rate of striking, which crew is leading, the distance between the crews, and the progress marker which the crews are passing.

At the first regatta in 1839, the finish line was Henley Bridge itself, but it caused some problems so it's been moved further downstream. The racecourse has been altered many times including in 1923 when the river was deepened and widen nearby the Temple island to make the course straight.

For most of its history, Henley Royal Regatta has only been open to male competitors but this has changed more recently and women are allowed to compete too.

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