Cambridge boat being prepared for the boat race . Neither the Oxford nor the Cambidge crews are to have new boats for this years Universities boat race on the Thames . The boats are being varnished and some slight alterations are being made to the Cambridge boat . Mr W Sims and his assistants at work on the Cambridge boat preparing it for the race , in his Putney workshop . 24 February 1932 30s, 30's, 1930s, 1930's, thirties, nineteen thirties