00:00Gliding through spectacular scenery.
00:05It was challenging but it was beautiful.
00:09The river down here is always a nice part of the world.
00:12It's the first long distance rowing race to be held on the Huon River.
00:1624 crews made of 128 competitors went winding down the 8km course in a variety of boat sizes.
00:25Normally you've got the 8 lanes but here at Franklin we don't have any lanes
00:28and we were given a briefing before the race to kind of give us some tips on where to go.
00:32Did you collide with any other boats?
00:34No, no, no we didn't. We saw a couple of potential collisions but we were okay.
00:40The race started in Franklin and finished near the Huonville Bridge.
00:44The hardest part about today was probably rowing back after you'd just done an 8km race.
00:48Organisers believe there is a lot of untapped potential for rowing here in Tasmania
00:53and on a sunny day like this you can see why.
00:56They want to create more races like this one and make Tasmania a rowing hotspot.
01:01Hopefully we can rival some of the events that are on the mainland
01:04and bring international crews down and have a bit of a race.
01:08Who wouldn't want to come here, look how beautiful it is.
01:10I'd like to see some more coastal rowing and utilising different parts of the state
01:15so we don't need rivers, we can use different parts of the coastline to actually participate and have competitions.
01:21With over 60,000 rowers in Australia, it's a large market to tap into.
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