boat race boat race took place march held annually boat race rowing race crews universities oxford cambridge river thames oxford won lengths race featured tallest heaviest youngest oldest crew members event history oxford crew rebelled prelude race american rowers cox leaving squad february coach removed crew replacing scottish rower rebels replaced main reserves umpired year race sponsored replacing years 23rd reserve race cambridge defeated oxford isis length cambridge won 42nd women boat race background history boat race rowing competition university_of_oxford university_of_cambridge referred dark blues light blues respectively held race takes place mile championship course river thames southwest london rivalry major point honour universities followed united_kingdom races broadcast worldwide cambridge went race reigning champions having won race seven lengths led overall victories oxford excluding dead heat race race sponsored women boat race took place annual fixture 1960s contest conducted race held river_thames day men main reserve races reserve race contested oxford isis boat cambridge boat held usually takes place prior main boat race mutiny following defeat previous year race oxford years american determined gain revenge year gon kick ass cambridge ass home bring squad recruited american post graduates international class rowers cox attempt fastest boat_race crew history contest disagreements training regime oxford coach wanted spend time training land water lamented led crew walking occasion resulted coach approach fitness test clark scottish american resulted removal accompanied threat americans refuse row remain crew boat club president absolute power selection announcing clark row starboard weaker row port dropped crew entirely american contingent considerable negotiation debate conducted public eye clark penny fish dropped replaced members oxford reserve crew isis crews oxford crew weighed average nearly pounds rower opponents race featured tallest heaviest oxford stroke youngest cambridge oldest oxford president crew members event history cambridge boat saw returning blues oxford welcomed oxford coach counterpart race experienced crew disruption preparation race cambridge considered favourites oxford won toss elected start middlesex station malfunction umpire barge caused delay start consequence crews avoided racing lightning storm straight start oxford steered middlesex seek shelter weather cambridge eventually followed taking water receiving warnings oxford water length ahead oxford steered cambridge control race mile_post seven second advantage bridge seconds remained finishing post oxford winning lengths time minutes seconds reserve race cambridge beat oxford isis length victory years cambridge won 42nd women boat race fourth victory years reaction oxford triumphant fairy tale acknowledged crew luck winning toss combined conditions praying rough water appeared wish americans won race said thought cambridge murder took strokes scream crew huge release legacy author book events true blue oxford boat published seven years later film based book released president wrote oxford defended americans claimed wrote order justify actions journalist described particularly offensive oxford stroke writing times chosen mutiny president lost respect squad selection system lost credibility clark broken silence stating mutiny loaded term rebellion description face regrets whatsoever lament personal maturity level effect complicated situation twentieth anniversary race insisted selection dispute argument club sport time time media took story
The Boat Race 1987