 It usually takes place on the Tideway, prior to the main Boat Race.The Oxford crew (sometimes referred to as the "Dark Blues") consisted of seven Britons, an American and a Norwegian, while the Cambridge crew (sometimes referred to as the "Light Blues") was composed of six Britons, a German, an Australian and a British/American.The Cambridge crew weighed, on average, more than their rivals, while Josh West, Cambridge's number five, was the tallest rower, at .