Rather than piecemeal my progress, I was able to write a program that would process the data once I got it. When I received the data from Concept2, it was just a matter of running the program, trying various scenarios, and settling in on something that I could present. In any case the initial draft of my findings are now available. There are tables and charts, which doesn't seem to be appropriate for a blog, so it is in PDF format.
Draft Masters Handicapping Report
Comments, suggestions etc are welcome. I am planning on submitting it to US Rowing to see if they might be interested in printing it in their mag.