Current Traditions
Members of the Club are well known for their scarlet jackets, which gave rise to the term, blazer. Members with "First May Colours" are entitled to wear trim and gold buttons on their blazer, while "First Lent" or "Second May Colours" are entitled to wear silver buttons on their blazer.
The club is traditionally strong in the Lent and May CUCBC Bumps race. The club motto has been "Si je puis" ("If I can") since 1825. The boat club song, Viva laeta, has a chorus that goes as follows:
- Vive laeta, Margareta, Beatorum insulis; Si possimus, Fuerimus, Semper caput fluminis.
Although the music is printed in the boat club's history and the song is sung at every Boat Club Dinner, few members know the tune.
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