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Oh, by the way, which one’s Pink?*
“Wish You Were Here”(2). – The houseboat Astoria. It featured in Tim Koch’s recent article Molesey Amateur Regatta: Henley Minor. Photo: standhisround on Flicker. 15 August 2017 Greg Denieffe writes:...
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Hart Perry will Give Name to New Boathouse
The Hart Perry Community Rowing Center. Drawing by Mike O’Neill. From the “Mystic River Press”. 16 August 2017 In a recently published article about the opening of “The Art of Rowing” exhibition and...
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Chicago Heist: How the Lincoln Park BC Made Off with the Coveted Sir Thomas...
Sir Thomas Lipton Cup. 17 August 2017 On 11 and 12 August, the Minnesota Boat Club (MBC) was hosting the 114th NWIRA on Lake Elmo in Minnesota. Here follows a history piece about the NWIRA Regatta in...
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The Radleys are now in America
“The Radleys of the Lea” is in good company on the shelf at the Mystic Seaport Bookstore. 18 August 2017 HTBS is happy to report that Clive Radley’s brilliant book on his boatbuilding ancestors, The...
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Brideshead Visited
The backdoor of Castle Howard, the stately home forever associated with the fictional ‘Brideshead’. 21 August 2017 Tim Koch recalls a HTBS post from 2013. Mark Twain once allegedly said that ‘The...
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The Renewal of A Vow
From Rowing for Pleasure. 22 August 2017 Come spring, he worked at his boat, as though he was making love. Just to watch the motion of his hands, the cargo of care they held! First, the sanding...
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Jim Railton: Insight, Constructive Criticism and Coruscating Prose
Jim Railton in 1977. 23 August 2017 Chris Dodd, former rowing correspondent of The Guardian, remembers his longtime friend and collaborator, Jim Railton, the coach and journalist who has recently died....
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Going Once, Going Twice…
A spoon – not an oar. 25 August 2017 Göran R Buckhorn writes: There was a time a couple of years ago when I was constantly on eBay to check out what the different sellers had to offer when it came to...
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Muybridge’s Rowing Man
‘Rowing Man, Plate 327’ by Eadweard Muybridge, 1887 (click to enlarge). 28 August 2017 Tim Koch writes: Most of us are aware of the photographic work of Edweard Muybridge (born Edward James Muggeridge,...
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Singapore or Shanghai?
Three spoons from the old Shanghai Rowing Club. 29 August 2017 Göran R Buckhorn writes: On Friday, I wrote about a spoon I had added to my modest rowing memorabilia collection. I mentioned that the...
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Later, On the Lake
29 August 2017 The shell, set on the gravel path, sought water. Where the rower? Would Sheila know? She knew the lake. I had seen a photo of her rowing it. But, then, a host of rowers did take to the...
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USRowing Announces the 2017 World Championship Roster
1 September 2017 The other day, USRowing sent out a press release with the team roster for the 2017 World Championships in Florida. After months of training, racing in selection events and competing in...
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Flames of Snow
Photo: Billy Kitchen. 3 September 2017 The river caught fire at dawn. Gulls rose, white flames, and went out, camouflaged against the white wood houses. The river hissed against the sides of rowboats....
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Monahan’s Many Miles
Ed Monahan setting out from his dock on Long Pond in Connecticut on his 5,848th row since he took up rowing in 1990. Photo: Betty Monahan. 4 September 2017 Göran R Buckhorn writes: On 29 July, I...
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Record Entries at 2017 World Master Regatta in Bled
Photography © Jan Servin/Servin Design. 5 September 2017 The 2017 World Rowing Masters Regatta, which runs from 6 to 10 September on Lake Bled, Slovenia, has received the largest number of...
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‘Mixing up the Medicine’ – 1909 to 1911
‘Look out kid, you’re gonna get hit.’A woman coxing a men’s crew is nothing new in Poona. Picture: “The Graphic” 6 October 1877. 6 September 2017 Greg Denieffe writes: Chris Dodd likes nothing better...
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Badges of Honour
This picture from November 2014 shows most of the current ‘Coats and Badges’*. Apart from the Doggett’s, they are all ‘one offs’ given by the Watermen’s Company to mark a particular event. Absentees...
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British Rowing Governance Review: Will the Next Chairman be a Rower?
8 September 2017 A few months ago, Annamarie Phelps, who is Chairman of British Rowing, announced that she will be stepping down as chairman for the organisation, together with Deputy Chairman Gary...
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Statement from The Sarasota-Bradenton Organising Committee on Hurricane Irma
9 September 2017 The Sarasota-Bradenton organizing committee is in constant contact with the Sarasota County Emergency Management Department for information about Hurricane Irma. Our focus at this time...
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