Olympic Eight Arrives!!!

We just received the actual boat that we will be racing in Beijing 4.5 months from now. It is manufactured by Hudson Boatworks out of London, Ontario. They have been our supplier of top quality boats for years now.
We wanted to have it show up here before it goes into the shipping container so that we could try it out and make sure that everything is setup the way we want it. We have had a couple of little glitches with it but nothing major. The boat itself feels really good and like rowing any new boat....it is very quite. Nothing creaks or squeaks. The main colour is white but the bow and stern decks are painted red/white/red like a Canadian flag which makes our boat a little unique. They were going to make it an all red boat with white trim, but the darker colour attracts the sunlight and we didn't to compromise the integrity of the hull's stiffness.
The boat will be here for about 2 weeks so if anything needs to be changed or adjusted we will have time to do so.
As we were rigging it today it started to hail.....then hail harder....then harder still....so we moved the boat inside the boathouse and finished rigging it there. By the time we were ready to take it out, the sun was shining.....halfway through the workout it started to hail hard again, but it only lasted about 5 minutes.
Anyway....we are pleased with the new boat and this will alleviate any fears of it not being to specifications any parts missing.
Bring it on!!!