However, the defending British visually-impaired mixed coxed fours boat, easily booked their place in Saturday's final - winning the semi-final by 13 seconds.
Competing in open immediate coxed fours, they raced against generally much younger crews and came through three rounds to beat a strong Stourport crew in the final.
Jess Crossman was successful in Wj12 singles and teamed up with Olivia Baynham-Williams, Megan Jephcote and Alice Reynolds to win Wj12 coxed quads with George Probert coxing.