Members of the club are well known for their scarlet jackets, which gave rise to the modern 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.
Due to its affiliation with St John's College, the club always fields many, often very successful, boats with first-time rowers during the first university term.
Club members also often go to row with university lightweight and heavyweight crews to compete against Oxford.

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.
Dinners are also known for more controversial songs (such as the infamous "M2 song" sung by all current and past members of the Second Men's May Bumps Crew).
Members of the club are well known for their scarlet jackets, which gave rise to the modern 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. Due to its affiliation with St John's College, the club always fields many, often very successful, boats with first-time rowers during the first university term. Club members also often go to row with university lightweight and heavyweight crews to compete against Oxford.
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. Dinners are also known for more controversial songs (such as the infamous "M2 song" sung by all current and past members of the Second Men's May Bumps Crew).
Lady Margaret Boat Club