2023 Mixed Doubles Smackdown Redux
This post takes a look at the ILS (I Love Sushi head race series in Seattle) Mixed 2x Smackdown 2023 edition and considers the question of how well the US Rowing handicap adjusts for age in this 5.2K race. Course description The start was off the Pocock dock with crews heading east under the University Bridge into Portage Bay. The course continues tight along the houseboats until the "Diabolical Turn", close to the Seattle Yacht Club. A miscue on this turn can cost lengths or worse. The course continues east through the Montlake Cut to Fox Point. The Big Turn (180˚+) begins at the navigation buoy off port at Fox Point and continues until crews are pointed back at the Cut. Another opportunity to lose lengths and to hit things. The line to the finish follows the shoreline with a slight turn to starboard and ends at Fritz Hedges Park, approximately 5.2 km from the start. The competition 26 c...