Oarheads and coxswains will savor this book for the way it brings the art of maneuvering oared ships to life, down to the commands and training that were used. more
Oh, but this is the truly fun part of large, complex regattas. The part where either your crew really is a well-oiled machine, or else everything unravels in your face because somebody grabbed the wrong set of oars. more
Club rowing -- summer season. Some of the rowers from out-of-town have rented a gigantic 10-room unfurnished apartment they quickly name "the barracks" more
Continuing on the premise that handling crewshells on land is at least as complex (often more so) than on water, we move to where the rubber really meets the road... more
Some years ago -- very tentatively -- I went out on what I thought was a limb and affirmed that the first stroke of the settle was probably the most important stroke of the race. more
With ice forming on the rivers and lakes (apologies for the northern hemisphere centrism), long dark months off the water can force certain entirely-explainable, yet disconcerting (to the civilian), adaptations and behaviors to get us through to spring. more