Downstream

a houseboat called the Otter,
while in 1893 the course was
from Shiplake Ferry to the
Dabchick, a tradition that
remained for the next forty-
three years. The quarter-mile
later moved to the Henley
Sailing Club and then to
various other Thames spots
such as Hampton Court.
The half-mile was first held
between the piers in Brighton,
but from 1894 to 1898 it was
swum at Shiplake as well and