Rowing help, intelligent and tricky coaches, i need your help!!!!?

Question

okay so i am a junior rower in a four boat. We are expected to do well in our regatta this sunday and we have been training on the water since April 24. Our four times have been on par with the best of them but our coach keeps hinting that she has done something to our boat to make it slower. I think it might have something to do with rigging or derigging. She said she would fix it for our regatta on sunday. I am curious as to what this might be. How much time would be added with whatever she did to it on?? Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

you can definitely change up the pitch on the riggers a bit to slow down the catch timing which slows down the boat.

it seems like she doesnt want you to know your full speed until raceday

Answer 2

I dont know anything about boats.