ROW 360

Row360 Chief Editors, Tom Ransley MBE and Benedict Tufnell, produce the Official Boat Race Program as well as a series of short films documenting the Boat Race season. Benedict is the Official Boat Race Photographer.

Launched in 2014, Row360 is the world’s most widely circulated rowing magazine. Benedict is a former junior international rower; he has rowed on both sides of the pond, having won a rowing scholarship to the University of California, Berkeley. Tom is an Olympic, European, and double world champion oarsman. Before rowing for Great Britain, Tom studied at the University of Cambridge, he read management at the Judge Business School and competed in two Boat Races for the Light Blues.

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RNLI

Of the RNLI’s 238 lifeboat stations, the busiest two are to be found not on the coast, but in London. RNLI Tower and RNLI Chiswick are two of four lifeboat stations that have been operating on the Thames since 2002, covering a 90-mile stretch, bookended by our two other Thames stations, Gravesend and Teddington. There’s a constant stream of commercial and leisure traffic, and the tide rises and falls by up to 7m. The river flows as fast as 5mph – enough to overpower even the strongest swimmer. The dynamic nature of the Thames means it needs a dynamic lifeboat service to match.

Since 2002, the RNLI’s Chiswick lifeboat station has supported The Boat Race with its E-class lifeboat. The crew are on hand to keep The Boat Race competitors safe, as well as the thousands of spectators who line the banks of the Thames on race day. In 2016, the RNLI bolstered its lifesaving service with the addition of nine Arancia-class lifeboats crewed by lifeguards. These are strategically positioned along the Championship Course to keep the public safe while the tide is incoming.

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