What did people think about the new parade organisation? From a boater's perspective it was an improvement. We completed the course in about one and a quarter hours, without the usual interminable hold ups. I would imagine, however, that the spectators might have wished that there were not so many long gaps in the parade.
On the whole I thought it was an improvement.
One year the chaos was so great that by the time it was our turn to leave the arm, those boats which had left several hours before were returning to their moorings in the arm, blocking our exit. So we never managed to parade.