WIH Women's Boat Race Mystery Cache
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The cache is not at the posted coordinates. You need to solve the puzzle. All information needed to solve the puzzle is on this page. This cache is to focus on Women In History (WIH) that lead the way for us all. Information pulled from WIKI
Given that the final for this cache is on the side road to the boat launch, I thought it would be interesting to highlight historical events related to Women’s Boat Racing.
The Women's Boat Race is an annual rowing race between Cambridge University Women's Boat Club and Oxford University Women's Boat Club. First rowed in 1927, the race has taken place annually since 1964. Since the 2015 race it has been rowed on the same day and course as the men's Boat Race on the River Thames in London, taking place around Easter, and since 2018 the name "The Boat Race" has been applied to the combined event. The race is rowed in eights and the cox can be of any gender.
The course covers a 4.2 miles (6.8 km) stretch of the Thames in West London, from Putney to Mortlake. Members of both crews are traditionally known as blues and each boat as a "Blue Boat", with Cambridge in light blue and Oxford dark blue. As of 2019 Cambridge have won the race 44 times and Oxford 30 times. Cambridge has led Oxford in cumulative wins since 1966. The women's race has received television coverage and grown in popularity since 2015, attracting a television audience of 4.8 million viewers that year. The 2019 race was won by Cambridge by five lengths.
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FINAL IS N 43° 17.ABC W 071° 35.DEF
A= Since 20A5 the Women’s Boat Race has been held on the same date and course as the men’s.
B = As of 2019, Oxford won this race B0 times.
CD=This race has taken place annually since 19CD
E = in 2019 Cambridge won by X lengths minus 5.
F= The first race was rowed in XXXX minus 1923
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