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Heesen is delighted to announce that the construction of YN 20457, Project Akira, began at the Oss shipyard on February 9, formally witnessed by the American Bureau of Shipping surveyor. Akira is the first in a new class of high-speed aluminium yachts by Heesen. At 57 metres, with an enclosed volume of approximately 780 GT, she sports a lightweight ultra-efficientient FDHF hull that will give her a top speed of 22 knots with two IMO III-compliant MTU 16V 4000 M65L engines.

The all-aluminium hull is the latest refinement of the patented Fast Displacement Hull Form, devised by Dutch hydrodynamicists Van Oossanen and further engineered by Heesen’s naval architects. Thanks to her low-drag underwater body, Akira is fast yet highly economical, needing less power and using up to half the fuel of a conventional steel displacement yacht of the same size. Thanks to her shallow draft of just 2.3 metres, she is also a go-anywhere yacht, perfect for the crystal clear waters of the Bahamas or shallow inshore anchorages in the Mediterranean.

For this new breed of yacht, Heesen appointed long-term partner Frank Laupman of Omega Architects for the exterior design. Her lines are characterised by a shapely profile, a gently raked bow, and bold fashion plates. A standout feature is the distinctive scalloped transom to increase the size of the large fixed swim platform, which will make her instantly identifiable in any marina.

“We see great potential for this new model,” says Arthur Brouwer, Heesen’s CEO. “Akira is the only 57-metre, all-aluminium fast motor yacht with a Northern European pedigree available for delivery in Spring 2024. This design presents a perfect counterpoint to our successful 55m Steel Class, and is ideal for those clients who seek that elusive combination of speed, efficiency and volume.”

When it came to Akira’s 400 sqm of luxury interior space, Heesen’s engineering department worked with Harrison Eidsgaard from the very beginning to develop the general arrangement – a decision that led to a step-change in the way the design was approached. “Introducing us to the project so early meant that the mechanical parts of the ship were considered in tandem with the interior,” says Ben Harrison. “So key areas have been given the space they need, enhancing the flow of the yacht. The modern onboard lifestyle is all about making the most of the scenery outside.”

The interior décor allows Akira’s owners to express their taste and customise the yacht to fit their lifestyle. “It’s a relatively simple aesthetic,” explains Ewa Eidsgaard. “It invites personalisation but showcases loose artisanal furniture, such as the handcrafted console in the main salon. This only features three materials – pewter, leather inlays and wood veneer – but its detailing and subtle tonal variations give it a decorative richness. The types of materials used throughout the interior reflect light around the rooms and create a sociable, tactile ambience that frames far-reaching views out to sea,” she adds. “Stainless steel finishes, dark pewter accents and metallised materials bring a sense of warmth to the room without detracting from the beauty of the outdoors.”

Twelve guests are accommodated in six suites. The 63 sqm owner’s stateroom occupies the main deck forward and comprises a study, the bedroom with his-and-hers closets, and a full-beam bathroom with bathtub and shower stall. Four double suites are found on the lower deck, while the VIP cabin is up on the bridge deck. All decks are served by the glass elevator.

Outdoor spaces are carefully conceived to offer the ultimate experience of life at sea. Large windows create connectivity between indoors and out. From dining al fresco on the upper aft terrace, to the vast sundeck with its jacuzzi, and from the forward seating area on the bridge deck down to the beach club, owners and guests will always find the perfect place to relax.

Project Akira is scheduled for delivery in Spring 2024.

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Heesen Yachts ‘Lusine’ Reviewed

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• May 19, 2023

The Armenian word lusine translates to “moon” in English. That’s why, aboard the 198-foot Heesen Lusine , lunar and celestial themes are everywhere, from wall features to the teak decking. A crescent moon, for instance, is in the middle of the helipad. Even the font of the yacht’s name runs from thin to thick, reflecting the moon’s four waxing and waning phases.

Sinot Yacht Architecture & Design in the Netherlands created the opulent, almost art deco interior, which Heesen says is by far the most complicated and expensive it has ever produced. Initially, the yacht’s owner was inspired by Heesen’s then-Project Ceres (which launched as Galactica ), but he ended up developing a fully custom vessel. At 1,079 gross tons, and based on a Fast Displacement Hull Form by Dutch naval architecture firm Van Oossanen, Lusine is Heesen’s longest and biggest-volume steel-hull yacht to date. The overall design process was led by Frank Laupman’s team at the Dutch firm Omega Architects.

Lusine’s profile fuses contemporary and modern styling to stunning effect. While the bow is conventionally pointed, the superstructure is more angular and extends a little farther forward than usual. The high foredeck terrace is vast and capable of hosting quite a party. The bridge-deck wing stations are exaggerated to create much wider side decks, and there is a hint of a bird’s wing amidships in the superstructure relief that cleverly integrates all the upper three decks without actually breaking the horizontal sweeps of glass along the main and upper decks.

Not only is the craftsmanship throughout Lusine exceptional, but the level of detailed design goes way beyond the norm as well. For instance, almost every piece of furniture is custom-size, and the breathtaking parquet soles, rich joinery and intricate marquetry are made from rare woods, special stones, and unusual leathers and skins, such as stingrays and puffer fish. One of the biggest design statements is the yacht’s circular staircase and glass elevator connecting all four decks, with a contoured leather mural depicting sea, land, air and then star themes as guests rise from the yacht’s lower deck to the top deck.

Lusine’s main-deck gathering spaces are conventional enough. Entering from the cockpit seating and dining space, the main-deck salon has lounge and dining areas aft, with an amidships galley and pantry to port. A companionway to starboard leads to the formal, double-glass-door entrance and to a side-boarding ladder beyond. The double-pedestal, cornice-topped dining table has radial Macassar veneers inlaid with gold leaf, blue agate and sycamore. The custom chandelier above is from Preciosa.

Accommodations are for 16 guests in eight en suite staterooms: three with double berths on the upper deck and five with twin berths on the lower deck. The lower-deck staterooms can also be used by personal staff.

The 540-square-foot owners’ stateroom is aft on the upper deck, where many other yachts have a sky lounge. Views from here are fabulous, with a 180-degree panorama to the sides and across the upper deck’s aft lounges, dining area and hot tub. The whole space can be secured for owner privacy.

Forward on the main deck is the L-shaped VIP stateroom, conceived for close family. It has an en suite double-berth stateroom and an adjacent en suite twin-berth stateroom. Both open onto a starboard-side private sitting room, which connects to the yacht’s main lobby.

The crew complement is 15. A captain’s cabin is to port abaft the modern, paperless bridge, with the remainder of the crew cabins forward on the lower deck.

Lusine has room for three Boston Whaler tenders: a 270 Vantage, a 210 Dauntless and a 180 Dauntless. The smallest and largest are housed with various toys in a forward garage, which has hinge-up doors to either side of the bow. The 210 is kept in the stern garage with more toys.

For air arrivals, a touch-and-go helipad is on the after end of the top deck. Interestingly, the area around the mast base and at the top of the central staircase is enclosed to create an alternative foyer for guests arriving this way. The space includes a pilot’s cabin.

Propulsion is twin 2,575 hp MTU 12V 4000 M65L diesels, which reportedly deliver a top speed around 18 knots and an ocean-straddling 4,200-nautical-mile range at 13 knots. Twin Naiad fins provide stabilization, and onboard power comes primarily from twin 315 kW Zenoro generators. The yacht’s air conditioning is built to high-tropical specification.

Lusine embodies all the knowledge and experience that Heesen has amassed by delivering more than 80 metal motoryachts with an average length of 155 feet in the past 20 years. The yard consistently delivers around four big yachts annually—not tied to the four phases of the moon but stellar nonetheless.

A coffee table in the main salon contains a small slice of lunar meteorite. A few of these rare rocks have been found on Earth and matched forensically with samples brought back from NASA’s Apollo missions. Scientists believe that the rocks arrived in debris showers following crater-creating events. A meteorite with proven provenance is the closest thing to a moon rock that money can buy; the real ones are owned by U.S. government agencies. 

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Sadly, Lusine’s owner died right around the time the yacht was delivered. It’s now listed for sale “as new” with Burgess and is lying in the West Mediterranean. The asking price at press time was $82 million.

Ever Larger

Lusine is Heesen’s largest steel-hull motoryacht to date, but the yard’s largest project so far is the semi-displacement, all-aluminum, 263-foot, 1,700-gross-ton Galactica , which departed the Oss, Netherlands, yard in early 2022. Galactica is also reportedly the world’s largest and fastest motoryacht with a conventional shaft-line propulsion. Heesen says the vessel is capable of 29 knots, with four MTU 20V 4000 series engines.

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Heesen mostly builds semi-custom projects on common platforms. In recent years, most have been fast-displacement or semi-displacement hulls in steel/aluminum or all aluminum, but, occasionally, there’s a full-displacement steel/aluminum or all-aluminum project in the mix. Lusine is a good example of its steel-hull yachts.

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Can superyachts effectively carve their carbon emissions down to net zero? Perhaps. YETI wants to ... [+] give it a go with the sustainability index.

Is YETI a hairy Himalayan, or a beloved cooler? In this case, neither. This YETI is a five-year-old with a big idea. A science-based, data-driven one, first conceived five years ago by Feadship Senior Design Specialist Bram Jongepier, now embraced by most of the industry's leaders. This YETI, Yacht Environmental Transparency Index, is designed to score and compare yachts based on how well they play with others, namely, the environment.

“Zero doesn’t exist,” Jongepier stated, acknowledging that zero impact is simply impossible. Aiming at what is, in fact, possible, Jongepier explained, “You cannot walk on grass without some degree of impact, but you can do it sustainably if you give the grass time to recover.” And that, confirms Jongepier, is how we should treat our oceans.

The group meeting in 2019 to further plans for YETI, the Yacht Environmental Transparency Index, as ... [+] a way to score and compare yachts based on environmental credentials was embraced by representatives of the yachting industry's top groups.

“Sustainability is essential,” Jan-Bart Verkuyl, Feadship Director/CEO of Royal Van Lent Shipyard. “There is pressure from our clients, there is pressure from ourselves, there is pressure from our workers, there is pressure from our children. It needs to be done,” Verkuyl states emphatically. And so, they did it.

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As that original group took Jongpier's 2018 idea and put together YETI 1.0, the first index, they handed the reins to the Water Revolution Foundation for follow through. By 2020, operational yacht profiles were analyzed and defined based on an AIS study using 297 years of data from 100 yachts.

The YETI 1.0 index score is awarded based on data input, allowing future yacht designs to benefit ... [+] from the results and comparisons to be made.

By 2021, a sail correction was developed, a shore power study conducted, and upstream diesel assessed, adding important details to the index. By 2022, YETI 1.0 launched, adding an engine and generator study for the YETI database, and a fleet review was conducted for 60 yachts. Awaiting the arrival of YETI 2.0, yacht designers, builders, and buyers are embracing this tool to help make yachting more sustainable.

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Feadship, long an industry leader, has a plan for net-zero CO2 emission and minimal local pollution impact by 2030. Their 84.20-meter full diesel electric yacht Obsidian is equipped with architecture to run on HVO. Well beyond regulatory compliance, the yacht achieved the net zero CO2 target in 2023. Feadship concept Dunes expects to reduce environmental impact by 95 percent compared to current minimum compliance for yachts using methanol fuel cells.

Rendering of the Feadship yacht Obsidian, which will operate with 27% less total environmental ... [+] impact than a yacht of similar size launched only five years ago if run on fossil fuel, and 60% less when using HVO.

It's The Fuel, Stupid!

In February of 2023, Feadship posted an informative article on sustainability , essentially creating a verbal Venn diagram focused on the intersection of superyachts and the environment using the above headline. Feadship lines out that efficiency gains and emissions reduction cannot make sufficient change. Since the laws of nature cannot be cheated, further reductions must come from using different fuels.

Feadship busts the myth that are no suitable alternative fuels available, or that their yachts cannot use them. Although harder to find and more expensive, HVO offers a real drop-in alternative that immediately reduces CO2 emissions. Volvo Penta says that their diesel engines have been compatible with HVO since 2016, seeing it as a stable, high-quality fuel suitable for marine power systems that can lower fossil CO2 emissions by up to 90 percent, depending on the feedstock.

HVO vs Other Fuels

HVO is hydrotreated vegetable oil, sourced from vegetables or animals. Sometimes it is simply cooking oil, recycled and hydrotreated to address bacterial growth and stability. Made from paraffinic oil hydrocarbons, it is also called renewable diesel or green diesel.

Like diesel, HVO has similar chemical and physical properties, but with its fossil-free composition and low carbon content, it is an appealing sustainable fuel option. HVO can be blended in any proportion with diesel fuel. With regard to HVO and biodiesel, they both come from the same feedstocks, but the hydrotreatment of HVO and improved oxidation stability make it a higher quality fuel.

HVO A Short-Term Solution

As Methanol and Hydrogen technologies improve, Feadship sees HVO as an immediate but temporary solution that can significantly lower the impact of a yacht due to energy use. As methanol and hydrogen fuel cells evolve in preparation for installation and use on board superyachts, the use of HVO offers a quick and easy way to improve a yacht’s environmental profile.

While it may be harder to source and may cost a bit more, Jan-Bart Verkuyl, Feadship Director and CEO of Royal Van Lent Shipyard is adamant. "If we don't do it, we become complacent," Verkuyl concludes.

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Erik van Mourik, Manager of Cost and Accounting at Heesen, has also been part of the original team working to get YETI up and running. Van Mourik stated that Heesen hoped to learn more about energy use while exchanging knowledge with other participants so they could understand where and how to save energy and improve their yachts.

The hybrid propulsion superyacht, Home, manufactured by Heesen Yacht Builders BV, sits dockside ... [+] during the Monaco Yacht Show (MYS) in Port Hercules, Monaco. Photographer: Balint Porneczi/Bloomberg

Assigning tasks to different groups, the reports came back to provide data that would build YETI 1.o. Heesen noted that one discovery from this data found that the hotel load of a yacht is a key factor. Under power just 5-10 percent of the time, hotel loads operate continuously while the yacht is occupied, making things like air conditioning, electronics, lighting, and spa bubbles important to energy use.

Heesen is already bringing the YETI tool into its standard build process, putting it to use in comparing yachts, reducing emissions, and directing new designs for a variety of elements.

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Can YETI help yacht owners drive down their footprint? This science-based, data-driven index thinks ... [+] it can.

With the goal of stimulating technologies that reduce energy demand and enhance system efficiency, YETI’s comparison index embraces everything from flow optimization, propeller efficiency, and displacement to heat recovery, insulation, recycling, sustainable sourcing, underwater noise and more.

It is free to request a yacht score. For a reasonable fee, The Water Revolution Foundation will do a complete analysis of the results and provide owners with important ways to reduce emissions. A full description of the YETI index, its credibility, and how to obtain a score are laid out in the YETI brochure .

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Located in Oss, Netherlands, Frans Heesen established in 1978 the company bearing his name.  Heesen Yachts specializes in luxury high-performance, all-aluminum motor yachts. Since 1992 the shipyard also builds long-range, steel-hulled full-displacement vessels. Heesen Yachts can currently build yachts from 121 feet (37 meters) to 213 feet (65 meters).

Recent projects in-build at Heesen include the 50m steel displacement yacht TRITON, the 55m Steel FDHF POLLUX and the 50m Steel semi-displacement AQUAMARINE.

In 1988 Heesen produced the fastest luxury yacht in the world. The 38 meter yacht, OCTOPUSSY has a top speed of over 50 knots. This impressive yacht was Heesen’s worldwide breakthrough into the superyacht industry.

In 2012, the company  completed two top-notch superyachts, the 115-foot (35-meter) Galactica Plus and the 154-foot (47-meter) My Secret , which made 10 yachts for 2012. Other motor yachts splashing in 2012 include the Lady Petra (built for Frans Heesen), and Lady L . Notable superyachts 164-foot (50-meter) Satori and the 180-foot (55-meter) Quinta Essentia launched in 2011. Heesen works with such naval architects and designers as Art-Line,  Bannenberg & Rowell, Dobroserdov Design, Frank Laupman and Omega Architects, Keech Green. Ken Freivokh, Rémi Tessier, and more.

The fully custom, all-aluminum, semi-displacement Galactica Plus boasts a 22-foot beam and features exterior styling and interior design from Omega Architects. A pair of MTU 16V 2000 M94 engines power Galactica Plus to a top speed of 27 knots, and at 11 knots this this luxury vessel has a 1,400-nautical-mile range. It is built to ABS class and is MCA compliant.

With an interior by London-based Bannenberg & Rowell and exterior styling by Omega Architects,  My Secret is a steel-hulled full-displacement motor yacht sporting a 29-foot beam. Built to Lloyds and MCA standards, this yacht powers up to a 15-knot maximum speed and has a 4,000-nautical-mile range at 12 knots, all thanks to two MTU 8V 4000 M63 engines.

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Last seen undertaking sea trials in July last year, the 60-metre full-custom Heesen superyacht Ultra G has been delivered to a new owner following her sale. According to Heesen, the "sale and delivery of the yacht have been coordinated with the Dutch authorities" and the yacht has now undertaken her maiden voyage to Guernsey. 

Ultra G is one of Heesen's most powerful projects to date with a propulsion package totalling 22,000 horsepower, including four water jets, resulting in a top speed of 37 knots in light load conditions. 

Described by the yard as a “sport fisherman in yacht disguise”, the custom design draws inspiration from two previous sportfishing models built by Heesen in the nineties and features a fighting chair and storage for 40 rods.

Exterior design is the work of Frank Laupman's Omega Architects , and the studio was specifically chosen to create the yacht's unique lines.

The 918GT interior includes accommodation for ten guests in four cabins on the lower deck. The bridge deck has been reserved for the owner’s accommodation, which comprises a large aft-facing cabins that opens onto a private terrace equipped with a Jacuzzi and relaxation area.

Entertaining is a core part of Ultra G 's design, with a custom wine fridge in the main saloon and a large media room with the latest audio-visual equipment. There is a games table on the main deck forward and a sundeck with an infinity pool facing aft.  

The waterjet propulsion drives the yacht's draft to less than three metres and helps to reduce vibrations. Meanwhile, the lightweight aluminium Fast Displacement Hull Form, complete with course fins, gyro stabilisers and interceptor trim plates, promises a smoother onboard experience. The engines are also compliant with IMO Tier III regulations.

Ultra G is expected to be accompanied by a custom tender built by Vanquish to a design by Guido de Groot that "mirrors the mothership down to the last brushstroke”. When she was originally commissioned, she was also fitted with dog-friendly features including a "relief area". 

The statement from Heesen continued: "Everyone at Heesen is delighted to see another motor yacht from their full custom range sailing away and wishes her owners and crew fair winds and following seas".

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Frans retired in 2012 and another chapter began. In 2016 the Dutch shipyard delivered its largest yacht to date - the 70m GALACTICA SUPER NOVA. Since then, Heesen has gone on, in partnership with naval architects Van Oossanen, to pioneer hybrid propulsion, as well as the revolutionary FDHF hull, and the ultra-efficient Hull Vane®.

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Powered by twin water jets, the U Safe buoy weighs roughly 30 pounds and can reach a top speed of about 9 mph (8 nautical miles). It is highly maneuverable whichever way up it lands, and can transport up to two people.

“U Safe brings an added reactionary capability to reach the person overboard, driving the remote control ‘lifebuoy’ directly to them, so I was happy to bear the extra cost of adding it to the MOB system,” the owner said in a statement . “In rough conditions or rocky areas, it is particularly valuable, preventing both the rescuer and the vessel from entering the danger zone.”

The U Safe team worked with the Dutch shipyard’s engineers to develop an invisible launch system that would not detract from Ultra G’s striking, high-contrast colorway. The buoy is naturally bright orange, but it is mounted behind a hatch on the starboard side that elegantly blends into the tan hull.

“From the outside, it is not visible—you can only see the outlines of the hatch,” adds shipyard captain Bob van Zundert. “Of course, we wanted the yacht to look as clean as possible on the outside, and that means that we did not want any lines or edges on the exterior.”

The design team also developed a new launching mechanism that deploys the device as soon as the hatch is fully opened. In addition, the hatch is fitted with a smart charging system that ensures the buoy and the remote control remain fully juiced up. When not in use, the electronics switch into standby mode to minimize the energy draw on the mothership.

Forged from lightweight aluminum, the vessel sports a fast-displacement hull that delivers a much smoother, flatter ride than conventional semi-displacement designs. On top of that, the yacht is equipped with four MTU 20V 4000 engines that collectively produce a bonkers 22,000 hp and drive four Kongsberg S90 waterjets. She can reportedly reach a blistering 37 knots at full tilt. No wonder the owner wanted a top-notch safety system.

Ultra G is now on her maiden voyage to Guernsey.

Click here to see more images of Ultra G.

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Boat Race 2024 live: Updates as Cambridge and Oxford’s men take to the Tideway course and today’s results

LIVE – Updated at 15:59

Oxford and Cambridge ’s best rowers will take to the Thames for the 2024 Boat Race on Saturday afternoon.

The race itself was first held in 1829 and has been an annual fixture since 1856. Last year Cambridge, the Light Blues, were triumphant in both the men’s and women’s races.

The boats start at Putney and travel upstream to Mortlake, 4.2 miles (6.8km) away. The crews were announced on 13 March, and have been preparing for the race for many months.

The immediate build up to the race however has been dominated by concern over the Thames’ water quality, especially given the tradition to throw the winning cox into the river in celebration.

Follow all the live action from the Thames in the blog below and get the latest odds and tips here.

Boat Race 2024

• Oxford vs Cambridge: 78th Women’s Boat Race starts at 2:46pm
• Oxford vs Cambridge: 169th Men’s Boat Race starts at 3:46pm

Boat Race rowers warned to not enter water after E coli discovery

Meet the Cambridge and Oxford crews for 2024 races

• Boat Race 2024 betting preview: Best tips and bets for Oxford vs Cambridge races

Cambridge lead by 10.05 seconds as the teams pass the Chiswick Steps. The Oxford cox is encouraging his crew by telling them that their rivals are flagging.

2024 Boat Race LIVE

Do Oxford have anything in reserve? It looks like Cambridge may be pulling away, but there’s plenty of time to go.

Cambridge have really found a rhythm here as they extend their lead. Huge crowds are on the banks of the Thames cheering both sides on.

Cambridge again being warned to stay in their waters as the crews go under Hammersmith Bridge. Oxford are about half a length behind – it’s worth noting that around 80 per cent of the teams that are winning at Hammersmith Bridge go on to win the race.

The umpire continues warning both sides about a potential clash of blades, and he seems quite concerned.

Cambridge are still ahead but Oxford have gained some ground as we pass the Mile Post and approach the start of the Surrey Bend.

Cambridge are building a good lead of around five seats here, though Oxford are approaching their favoured bend.

Both sides are being warned about straying from their waters as their blades almost come together. Cambridge are slightly ahead as it stands.

It’s a very even start, with both boats neck and neck. Cambridge have come across to the edge of their waters, with both crews being warned to stay in their section as we begin.

2024 Men’s Boat Race LIVE

And we’re underway in the men’s race now! The water is choppier now, so it’ll be a slow race.

Can Cambridge upset the favourites?

We’re less than 10 minutes from the start of the men’s race now, so here’s a reminder of the two crews.

Coached by Sean Bowden

Saxon Stacey (bow)

Harry Glenister

Jelmer Bennema

James Doran

Frederick Roper

Leonard Jenkins

Elliot Kemp (stroke)

William Denegri (cox)

Cambridge Men

Coached by Rob Baker

Sebastien Benzecry (bow, President)

Noam Mouelle

Thomas Marsh

Augustus John

Kenneth Coplan

Thomas Lynch

Luca Ferraro

Matt Edge (stroke)

Ed Bracey (cox)

The women’s reserve race has finished now too. It was won convincingly by Oxford’s Osiris.

The Oxford crew are talking to BBC.

Club president Ella Stadler congratulates Cambridge but adds that the day is about more than just this one race, and says that there’s a lot to come from Oxford’s rowing.

The cox, Joe Gellett, says that he thought the incident happened “in our water”, and says it could have lead to a disqualification, but he respects the umpire’s decision.

The reserve race is underway now between the women’s reserve sides. The respective boats are Osiris (Oxford) and Blondie (Cambridge).

2024 Women’s Boat Race LIVE

CAMBRIDGE WIN! Replays show that the umpire’s decision was the correct one. The result is confirmed, and Cambridge win once more!

It looks like the incident will be dismissed by the umpire, but we’re still waiting. The Oxford cox complains that Cambridge were in Oxford water when the two boats hit.

The umpire replies that his view is that Oxford were out of their water and had entered Cambridge’s water deliberately.

CAMBRIDGE WIN! A seventh consecutive win for Cambridge, who were underdogs at the start, and they’ve won by a convincing margin. The Oxford cox makes a formal complaint about the earlier incident, so we’ll await a formal classification of the result.

A bit of a procession as we approach the end of the race. The Oxford cox is still urging his crew on, but this will be a large margin of defeat. We’ve been racing for over 20 minutes now.

Cambridge go under Barnes Bridge with a convincing lead of 14.68 seconds.

The umpire may have to make a decision on a penalty, or even disqualification, over that incident, but as it stands Cambridge are – barring a mini miracle – on their way to a seventh consecutive win the the Women’s Boat Race.

16 minutes in and the crews are almost under Barnes Bridge.

The umpire is really shouting as the two boats almost come into contact. Oxford had looked like they attempted to bump the Cambridge boat as they crossed over into their section.

Oxford have come off significantly worse from the incursion, and are now over a length behind.

Cambridge have turned it around remarkably in a short period, and they have the lead now approaching the last part of their advantageous bend.

We’re approaching 10 minutes in, and Cambridge have pulled it back to almost level – and that’s before they’ve even reached the part of the course that is supposedly easier for them.

The gap is closed to just half a length as the crews go under the Hammersmith Bridge. Cambridge are 2.01 seconds behind as it stands.

The teams are approaching the Hammersmith Bridge, and the gap is closing a little. The umpire is warning Cambridge to stay on their station, as they’re creeping over.

Oxford are extending their lead to almost a length ahead, but Cambridge are approaching the bend in the Thames that will begin to give them an advantage. We’re roughly a third of the way though.

The waters of the Thames are calm today, and Oxford are almost half a length ahead as the two crews pass Craven Cottage.

The boats are approaching Craven Cottage now, with Oxford clearly looking to try and build an early lead. Cambridge do look calm and settled though, perhaps waiting for a time to strike.

Oxford, who started on the Middlesex station, have made a good start and are in a decent lead in the first minutes.

The umpire gets us underway!

Both crews are sitting on the water now as we approach the start of the day’s first race.

The crews are out

Cambridge have come out onto the water – we’ve got 10 minutes until the start of the women’s race.

The men’s race begins at 3.46pm, and in between there are races between the reserve crews.

The Boat Race explained

A little ‘mini-explainer’ for anyone who may be following the race for the first time.

Crews start at two different ‘stations’, known as Surrey or Middlesex –the Fulham/Chiswick side of the course is known as the Middlesex station, while the Putney/Barnes side is known as the Surrey.

The race website states that there are “advantages and disadvantages for each side because of the bends in the river”.

The women’s race first took place on the Championship Course in 2015, and the record time is 18 minutes 33 seconds, which was set by Cambridge in 2017.

Oxford Women are vying to end a run of six consecutive defeats.

Here’s a reminder of the route for the boat races.

The course, known as the Championship Course, is four miles and 374 yards (6.8 km) long. It stretches between Putney and Mortlake on the River Thames in south west London.

The race is rowed upstream, but starts during the incoming tide to ensure that crews are rowing with the fast stream.

When is the Boat Race 2024? Start time, TV channel and how to watch

And a reminder of how you can watch the races, with just half an hour before the first race of the day – the 78th women’s boat race.

A reminder of the women’s crews

Here are the respective teams ahead of the women’s race, which begins at 2.46pm.

Oxford Women

Coached by Allan French

Sarah Marshall (bow)

Ella Stadler (President)

Tessa Haining

Claire Aitken

Julia Lindsay

Annie Sharp

Lucy Edmunds

Annie Anezakis (stroke)

Joe Gellett (cox)

Cambridge Women

Coached by Paddy Ryan

Gemma King (bow)

Jo Matthews

Jenna Armstrong (President)

Carina Graf

Iris Powell

Megan Lee (stroke)

Hannah Murphy (cox)

Boat Race 2024: Oxford vs Cambridge

We’re now just under an hour until the women’s race and coverage will begin in a matter of minutes.

The conditions look great on the River Thames and it’s a bright and sunny day in London.

Boat Race 2024: Oxford and Cambridge rowers warned to not enter water after E coli discovery

Boat Race organisers have warned rowers to not enter the water on safety grounds after high levels of E coli bacteria were found on the River Thames course.

The new safety guidance could see the end of the traditional celebration for the winning team, where team members jump into the river and the cox gets a ducking. The 78th women’s race and 169th men’s race are still due to take place this weekend.

Last year, Cambridge men’s cox Jasper Parish was thrown into the Thames at Mortlake, as is the tradition at the end of the race. But a repeat is now unlikely after the River Action campaign group found an average of 2,869 E coli colony-forming units (CFU) per 100ml of water in 16 tests around Hammersmith Bridge.

Boat Race 2024: Best places to watch Oxford vs Cambridge races on the Thames

Boat race 2024: coin toss for women’s race.

Cambridge won the coin toss for the women’s race and cox Kate Crowley has chosen Middlesex.

Oxford will race on Surrey.

Boat Race 2024: Coin toss for men’s race

Oxford won the coin toss and chose Surrey, which means Cambridge men will race on Middlesex.

Boat Race 2024: Bookies backing Oxford for double victory over Cambridge

Here are the latest odds for the race:

Women's Race

Oxford 3/10

Dead heat 100/1

Cambridge 9/4

Oxford 8/15

Cambridge 11/8

Boat Race 2024: Thames course for Oxford v Cambridge races

The Boat Race course, known as the Championship Course, is four miles and 374 yards (6.8 km) long. It stretches between Putney and Mortlake on the River Thames in south west London.

‘Massive water advocate’ Annie Sharp excited for Boat Race on Thames

Annie Sharp is only half-joking when she predicts she will be the only rower as excited about starting the Boat Race in close proximity to the Thames’ new ‘super sewer’ as she is about the chance to snap a six-year winless stretch for Oxford’s women.

The 24-year-old’s enthusiasm for the Thames Tideway Tunnel , a £4.5 billion, 25km-long sewage structure which saw its final piece lifted into place this week, makes more sense when you learn that Sharp is a MSc water science, policy & management student at St Antony’s College.

Oxford last won the women’s Boat Race in 2016, the same year work began on the sewer, but might not be able to partake in the traditional celebratory dip should they win the 78th women’s edition this Saturday after high levels of E. coli were found along the Championship Course.

Speaking before the findings were announced, Sharp, who will occupy the six seat, told the PA news agency: “We are working with water and unfortunately against it sometimes with the flooding that we’ve had at Wallingford this year.

Boat Race 2024: Cambridge bid to defy odds again in men’s race

While Cambridge’s men boast vastly superior Boat Race experience with five survivors from last year to Oxford’s one, the Dark Blues do have Harry Glenister - a member of the British senior team from 2018-23 - in the two seat and 2022 Belgrade World Cup winner Lenny Jenkins in the seven seat.

As well as having the slightly heavier crew, Oxford have been superior in the build-up. In late February, they got the better of a stormy struggle with Leander Club in which umpire Sir Matthew Pinsent stopped the race after Oxford four James Doran lost his oar in a clash between the boats.

When Leander moved out to a lead of three-quarters of a length following the restart, the boats clashed again with Oxford - at fault this time - moving in front before the finish. As it turned out, Pinsent had already decided to disqualify Leander for the first clash of a somewhat unsatisfactory affair.

Cambridge faced Leander earlier this month in a two-piece race. After an even first, Leander opened out to one and a half lengths by the finish. Perhaps significant is that Cambridge have made numerous seat switches ahead of Saturday’s showpiece with only stroke Matt Edge, seven seat Luca Ferraro and three seat Thomas Marsh staying put. Meanwhile, Oxford have retained the same line-up as their Leander meeting.

2024 Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race preview, predictions, odds & free bets

Boat Race 2024: Oxford women on track to end long drought

Perhaps the most notable result from the pre-Boat Race fixtures was a win for Oxford’s women over Oxford Brookes, one of the UK’s top rowing universities, in late January. The race on the Championship Course was split into three contests of approximately five minutes apiece.

Race commentator and Olympic gold medallist Martin Cross said beforehand that “maintaining contact” - ie. staying within a length - of Brookes would represent good results for Oxford in the first two. They in fact finished three-quarters of a length behind on both occasions with the second more impressive given Brookes had the advantage on the Surrey bend (the longer south curve on the course).

In the final piece, Oxford had the bend advantage and used it to full effect to power clear by an eye-catching one-and-a-half lengths with European U23 bronze medallist Annie Sharp, all six-foot-four (1.94m) of her, gaining admirers. That they have made two changes to the boat since, with Claire Aitken and Julia Lindsay boosting the number of Boat Race veterans to six (including cox Joe Gellett), bodes well for their chances of ending a run of six consecutive defeats.

Boat Race 2024: Oxford vs Cambridge full schedule

12:40Women’s Boat Race coin toss (Putney Embankment)

13:00Final road closures in place

13:15The Men’s Boat Race coin toss (Putney Embankment)

14:00BBC broadcast starts

14:4678th Women’s Boat Race

15:01Osiris v Blondie Race

15:16Isis v Goldie Boat Race

15:46169th Men’s Boat Race

16:15Women’s winning crew trophy presentation (Mortlake)

16:20Men’s winning crew trophy presentation (Mortlake)

16:30BBC Broadcast Ends

17:00Hammersmith Bridge Opens to Cyclists and Pedestrians.

17:30River Opens

18:00Fan Zones at Fulham and Hammersmith close

Boat Race 2024: Oxford vs Cambridge preview, predictions and odds

The Boat Race 2024 takes place on the River Thames on Saturday afternoon with Cambridge bidding to repeat their men’s and women’s double from 12 months ago (from 2.46pm, BBC One).

First held in 1829 and an annual fixture since 1856, Oxford’s Dark Blues take on Cambridge’s Light Blues in the side-by-side eights race on the river. The crews start at Putney and travel west to the finish at Mortlake 4.2 miles (6.8km) away on the Championship Course. From 2015, the women’s race has been staged on the same day over the same course.

Months of training and preparation took place prior to the announcements of the crews on 13 March. There were intra-university trial races in December - with Oxford experiencing very much the better of the conditions - followed by races against rival universities and rowing clubs in the New Year.

Boat Race 2024: A look at Oxford vs Cambridge form

Recent form suggests Cambridge are favourites here today in both the women’s and men’s races.

Cambridge have won the Women's race six times in a row since snapping Oxford's own four-race win streak in 2017.

While Cambridge men have been pushed closer in recent years, but still hold a significant advantage in recent years, edging out Oxford men in five of the last seven races since 2016.

Boat Race 2024: Divided loyalties for identical twins Gemma and Catherine King

Identical twins Gemma and Catherine King had been poised to race against each other for the first time in Saturday's University Boat Race and although that is no longer happening, it will still be a weekend of divided loyalties for their family.

Catherine's back injury means she will not be in the Oxford boat in the elite women's race taking on Gemma in the Cambridge crew but the former will represent her new university in the reserve race.

That means a tricky time for their parents Liz and Mike.

"It's definitely been a change for them because they've always known who to support, so they've got a lot of Cambridge light blue supporters kit over the years. Since I've moved to Oxford I've been trying my best to change that and give them some Oxford supporter's kit," Catherine laughed during a three-way call with Reuters.

"They've actually got some half and half Oxford-Cambridge hats and scarves to wear on boat race day, it's quite funny," she added. "So they'll be supporting both of us. They've always supported the both of us in everything we did."

The 24-year-old Kings, from Bagshot, Surrey, played numerous sports as children and were introduced to rowing when they were 12 before going to Cambridge where they raced in the same boat.

"We're always competing a lot in everything we do," said Gemma, who is completing a PhD in stem cell biology at Cambridge.

"And it's so easy to compare to each other because you're genetically the same. Mostly, it's been good because it's helped us to push each other on to become the best versions of ourselves."

Catherine moved to Oxford last year and it has been the first time the twins have lived apart.

"We still message a lot and I think we'll always be close," said Catherine who is doing a PhD in cardiovascular research.

The first men's Boat Race was rowed on the Thames at Henley in 1829 and the first women's race took place in 1927.

The women's event became a permanent fixture in the 1960s and since 2015 both races have been rowed on the same 4.5-mile course -- from Putney to Mortlake -- on the same day.

"Racing in the Boat Race is a pretty special experience, it's one of the biggest rivalries in British sport, it's a great tradition," Gemma said.

"But it's a weird race because you either win or lose, so there isn't really a second place as such.

"We both really want to win, but I would say the Boat Race is so much more than just who wins and loses, and at the end of the day we just want our crews to go out and put down the best race that we can."

The difference between the Boat Race and rowing for Great Britain

Oxford’s Harry Glenister was asked by PA about the biggest differences between the Boat Race and his time in the Great Britain setup, and the MBA student immediately noted: “First I have to study! I’ve got six hours of classes a day and then rowing twice a day, which is not as much as the GB rowing team but still quite substantial.

“When I was racing for GB I was racing over 2k, this is over seven. It’s a lot longer and it’s a very different style of racing - who gets out ahead first. Whoever gets in front will win.

“You want to go really hard early. It’s go out hard and hang on, and hopefully you break the other crew. Who is the first person in each crew to break?

“The person that breaks is the one that’s going to lose, and the crew that breaks the other person is going to win. It’s a very exciting style of racing. I really enjoy it.

“I’ve been in big races, big moments, I know how to handle the pressure and I’m very used to it, so I can try to hopefully bring that confidence to the crew so we can get it done when it matters.”

Boat Race 2024: Oxford target ‘dream’ victory to snap Cambridge dominance

Harry Glenister hopes Oxford can turn the tide on recent Boat Race history to deliver what would be a “dream” triumph before the Great Britain veteran hangs up his oars.

The 28-year-old spent five years as a member of the GB senior rowing team, narrowly missing out on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics then sitting out the entire 2023 season with a back injury.

Cambridge have lost the men’s race just once in the last five years, winning last year’s edition by 1 1/3 lengths thanks to a risky move by their coxswain, but Boat Race debutant Glenister is confident Oxford have what it takes to come out on top in the 169th iteration of the gruelling men’s showdown.

Glenister told the PA news agency: “Winning this race would mean everything to me, just to finish with the sport, it’s a good end for me. Obviously very disappointed not to make Tokyo, but this would be as good for me if I could finish on a high.

“The Olympics is obviously bigger, but this is one of the biggest races in the world, so I would be very, very happy if I could get the win.

“It’s just such an awesome event. There’s so much great energy around it. Every rower wants to do this event.

“We’ve got a very strong team this year, we’ve got some dogs, very excited to see what we can do and turn the tide, try to stop this Cambridge dominance.”

Boat Race 2024: Oxford vs Cambridge start time, TV channel and more

The Boat Race returns in 2024 with Cambridge and Oxford again battling it out on the River Thames.

The men’s race was first held 195 years ago and has been an annual event since 1856, with a women’s race running on the same day and course since 2015.

There was double joy for Cambridge last year as both their male and female crew bested their Oxford University rivals over the 4.2-mile weave through London.

Indeed, Cambridge crews completed a clean sweep of all races in 2023, with their openweights, reserves and lightweights also taking victory in a feat only achieved twice before.