There was double Dutch delight in the boat tent this morning as records tumbled during a blistering start to day three.
There were high fives all round when the ASR Nereus coxed four realised they had smashed the Prince Albert Challenge Cup record by two seconds.
"Did we beat the record? No way - that's amazing" beamed Jules Bronk when told that his crew had clocked a full record of 6:55, beating the time set by Harvard University in 2011 and also equaling their Fawley record of 3:19.
Stroke Nelson Ritesma added: "Today was a good race. Henley is unbelievable - it is the first time for four of us and we are loving it."쳌
The crew predicted more records would fall - and they were proven right by their ASR Nereus colleagues in the Temple Challenge Cup.
The eight's rapid time of 6:03 was a full nine seconds quicker than the previous record, shared jointly by Harvard University and University of Berkeley, California, both set in 2011.
"That's amazing. That's almost on a par with Bob Beamon breaking the long jump record all those years ago", said Martin Cross, rowing commentator and 1984 Olympic gold medallist.
Opponents Oxford Brookes University A were also well inside the previous record, only losing a cracking race by a canvas, but that will be of little consolation to the ousted defending champions.
The next record-breakers were Sir William Borlase's Grammar School, who reached Fawley in 3:11 to beat their own record and then equaled Marlow RC's best-ever Fawley Challenge Cup time of 6:39 (set in 2013) as they beat Pangbourne College.
Stroke Chris Lawrie, a GB Youth Olympic Games rower, said: "There is a nice tail-wind going down the course and the water is nice and warm, so conditions are perfect. There are not many boats out in the morning either, so you can go really, really fast."
"We had a really good start and the other crew pushed us quite well, so we were working off them. It was a really good row."쳌