The fours crew of 7dayshop.com struck rocks and had to abandon their boat

An incident packed Herm Rowing Regatta saw the breaking of two records and one thumb, as boats were washed up on rocks or holed by other boats at the weekend.

The event is one of the highlights of the rowing calendar and this year, 29 boats entered the three races.

The eventual winners were SpearPoint, who were a novice team with many rowers competing for the first time.

Margi Jorgensen managed to set two new course records in the ladies singles class over the three day event.

During Friday's race from Guernsey to Herm, Liz Bellot caught a crab just 100 metres before the finish line, dislocating and breaking her thumb.

Spearpoint, a novice crew, took top honours in the three day event

The men's sliding fours crew Siteweld Seadogs broke an oar on the start line of Saturday's around Herm race and immediately retired.

The Trident Trophy, a figure of eight course around Herm and Jethou on Sunday, saw the most drama though.

Fours crew 7dayshop.com struggled to beat the current and got stuck on the rocks at the north west corner, forcing them to abandon their boat and retire from the race.

Then, Paul Isaacs and Joseph Paul in the men's sliding pairs, managed to disrupt the race when they went for the gully between Herm and Putrainez and ended up turning sideways and being holed when another boat was unable to stop.

Ladies fours crew Saffery Champness ended up on top of a groyne at Rosière Steps and had to rock the boat from side to side to get off and continue the race to finish top of their class.

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