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A Tribute to the late Duvall Hecht, by Peter Mallory

Peter Mallory's tribute to the late Duvall Hecht, reprinted from his book 'An Out-of-Boat Experience . . .'  more

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Book Excerpt, Chapter 9, First Dad Vail -- from Four Years at Four, by John Escher

Did Bill ever let the rating slip below 38? I don't think so. Was it up in the 40's? Way up in the 40's.  more

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Book Excerpt: Chapter 8, Dewey Hecht - from Four Years at Four, by John Escher

Mouse, the designated driver, nevertheless set out for Philadelphia as four oarsmen inside the vehicle held its roof up with the balls of their feet.  more

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Book Excerpt: Chapter 7, Hyperventilation-- from Four Years at Four, by John Escher

I was especially interested in reading the newspapers the week before our scheduled race with Boston University on the Seekonk  more

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Book Excerpt: Chapter 6, Overstroking the Opposition-- from Four Years at Four, by John Escher

We were fastest in the dark.  more

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Book Excerpt: Chapter 5, Winkie Boots-- from Four Years at Four, by John Escher

'Those Brown crews of yours had idiosyncrasies but were unbelievably fast'  more

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Book Excerpt: Chapter Four, More Porcupine - from Four Years at Four, by John Escher

Those snobs had the temerity to call the Stein a workboat, but actually a less tippy boat was a good thing for us  more

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Book Excerpt: Chapter 3, Engeman Sows Nicknames - from Four Years at Four, by John Escher:

One had to plan for disaster. And water was flying through the air in all directions. Five persons in our boat had rowed for only three days. But everyone was near a person who knew what he was doing.  more

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2010 Boys: An Excerpt from 'More Than Rowing, Kent School Boat Club, The First 100 Years'

This week I present the section on the 2010 Boys, Kent’s most recent National Champion Crew.  more

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Book Excerpt: Chapter 2, Bill Engeman - from Four Years at Four, by John Escher:

Bill Engeman, more used to the well appointed Potomac Boat Club out of which the Charlie Butt crews rowed, let out a stream of oaths and imprecations that must have been a record for him  more

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Book Excerpt: Chapter 1, The Porcupine - from Four Years at Four, by John Escher:

Brown crew didn't look like Yale, Harvard or The University of Washington. We were not an official sport but an informal organization with the privilege of rowing on the Seekonk River  more

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Book Excerpt: Four Years at Four, by John Escher

And I was hooked. Introduction to Four Years at Four, a book by John Escher and Philip Makanna  more

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1986 Girls: An Excerpt from 'More Than Rowing, Kent School Boat Club, The First 100 Years'

This week I present the section on the 1986 Girls, Kent’s second National Champion Crew  more

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1937 Boys Boats: An Excerpt from 'More Than Rowing, Kent School Boat Club, The First 100 Years'

This week I present 1937, which contains my homage to intramural rowing at Kent. For much of the early history of Kent Rowing, there were two eights of boys competing interscholastically, but they were backed up by as many as ten additional boats enthusiastically competing intramurally.  more

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1973 Girls, Kent's First Girls Crew: An Excerpt from 'More Than Rowing, Kent School Boat Club, The First 100 Years'

This week I present the section on the Fall 1973 Girls. After Kent Boys had been competing for more than half a century, this was the very first Kent Girls Crew.  more

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1960 Boys: An Excerpt from 'More Than Rowing, Kent School Boat Club, The First 100 Years'

This week I follow up with the 1960 Boys which includes Steve Gladstone, the most celebrated of the one hundred or so Kent Alumni who have gone on to become coaches. Sharp readers will also recognize Steve's teammate, long-time Brown University Women's Coach John Murphy.  more

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1958 Boys First Boat: An Excerpt from 'More Than Rowing, Kent School Boat Club, The First 100 Years'

This week I present the 1958 Boys, Bill Stowe's Sixth Form year. No background needed.  more

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1965 Boys First Boat: An Excerpt from 'More Than Rowing, Kent School Boat Club, The First 100 Years'

An early mock-up of the cover of Volume I. The photo is by row2k.  more

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1963 Boys First Boat: An Excerpt from 'More Than Rowing, Kent School Boat Club, The First 100 Years'

The 1963 Boys (below) and 1965 Boys (later this week) sections from the era of the Vietnam War.  more

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2002 Girls First Boat: An Excerpt from 'More Than Rowing, Kent School Boat Club, The First 100 Years'

After Kent Boys had competed at Henley upwards of thirty times, the 2002 Girls Eight was the first Kent Girls crew to make the trip, and a memorable trip it was.  more