While the record made that day by the English four will stand, they really covered tess distance than Wilson's crew. Wilson's crew rowed over 4 course which was'381 miles, while Fablan's four covered only 373 The reason that Fabian's crew did the shorter course was due to provements made in the creeks by the Whangpoo Conservancy Board. It'was the same course which was rowed by Legge and Harris in their record breaking performance.
Fabian's crew would have cut off fa further ten or fifteen minutes from
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