What about adding a semi-retired balding italian that has paddled on a comp team... would that qualify as revamping??

I wouldn't call adding a Comp C paddler to a team that placed Comp A in Alcan 2004 as revamping either...
Saw some teams on the water last night preparing for the regatta this weekend...
FODB was also out on the water. Either they were taking it easy or Team Masala stepped up their training from last year. During one race piece, FODB blew everyone away at the start (no surprise there) but Masala seemed to pull up and keep up with them during the middle-to-the end of the race... Of course FODB was in a Gemini and Masala was in a 6-16 with 11 seats.
Caught a glimpse of the Alpha boats. Looks like they picked up some new faces since last year. I noticed their drummer was from Scotia and some familiar faces that were on MPower last year. I have to agree with Moaner and say that they definately have a really quick rate. I wonder if they can maintain that rate through the whole 500m race
The free agency market for paddlers definately seems to have been pretty busy during the offseason this year.