The Importance of Technology in Rowing

Your boat is pretty important as well isn't it. It's less than in a lot of sports mainly because there's a limit to how many people make boats that are competitive, says Lewis Hamilton. There's not a huge public market beyond the rowing world and then there's also a kind of rule about the boat you use at the Olympics has to be available in the open market. You couldn't suddenly rock up with something that was you know never been seen before and suddenly it was going to have gained you 10 seconds he adds.