What's true? What's not? Your guess is as good as ours. That's why they're called rumors...
Deerfield Academy had requested a late entry-attempting to row as "Benny and the Jets"-to challenge perennial powerhouse Gunnery School from CT.
Aquil Abdullah has been recruited to row for injured Tom West in the Cambridge Boat Club Master's 40+ Four defending line up. West needed to pull out with a bad back-a result of the financial meltdown on Wall Street.
The 2008 Olympians will be signing autographs at the Rowing & Fitness EXPO at 1-2 PM on Saturday. Ports will be signing left handed, starboards right handed.
Wyc Grousbeck, HOCR Board member and Boston's Celtic CEO is rowing with his 1983 National Champion Princeton alums. They'll miss the weigh-in station trauma this year; they did a leverage buyout of the scales.
Hugh Laurie "is in the House" rowing in the Alden event. Emergency services will be on standby for prompt diagnosis.
Certain scullers have requested to promote political agendas with FISA-standard logos on their shells. Will the logos be red or blue? So long as they don't clash with HOCR's spiffy new color-coded bow placards, it doesn't matter.
Overhead in the politically divided HOCR office: "Dude, I'm voting Obama so you can take your shirt off."
HOCR intern and Bates College alum loses seat race to pregnant Union coxswain.
Watch for an Australian sheep farmer rowing in the Senior Master Men's Single, with a tee-shirt from West Cambridge that says "Live Lamb, Fresh Killed."
Pit Bull mauls former Olympic rower, Sebastian Bea, who was slated to row five-seat in an anonymous Senior Master Men's Eight.
Kent Mitchell crew adopts Pit Bull from MSPCA.
Watch out for Norwegian teens Ingrid and Brigitta Husebye in the Youth Women's Doubles event, rowing as Fana Roklubb/RBC; they've been training at Riverside, because Community Rowing's new boathouse looks weird.
Repeated expression in the HOCR office: "it's not in my bucket."
Brown alumni awards honorary degrees to National Team members in seats 7, 6, and 3 in the Championship Men's Eight.
There's a contest to guess how many port-a-potties have been placed at the Regatta this year. Winner gets a sweater from Brown University.
The Boston Bruins are trading their skates for blades this week.
Match.com is wondering how many hook-ups will occur because of the Mixed Doubles event this year. Note to spectators: It's OK to look.
HOCR staff fielded a question from of a crew who asked if they can place an election bumper sticker on their boat. The response: an Obama sticker is permissible on the Port side, so long as a McCain sticker is also on the Starboard side.
Overheard from a HOCR volunteer coordinator: "Fleece brings out the crazy."
Apparently there is a reunion of "Joe Six Packs" at this year's Reunion Village. Being at RV makes them smart, because they can see Cambridge from there.
"Hockey Moms" have no idea what's going on at the Regatta.
Gentle Giant Rowing Club will be trying to emphasize their giantess, not their gentility, as they stake claim to the Women's Senior Master Four and other entries.
Mahe Drysdale, legendary Kiwi who won Bronze in Beijing, will have a chance to compete, un-crippled by dehydration and illness, in the Men's Champ Single; he should take care to hydrate properly for this race, as he would most likely sink one of the HOCR's safety launches, should he need to be towed from the racecourse again.
Site manager for EXPO to pose in new Nautica ad campaign because she looks good in fleece (next to a hot model).
Cambridge "homer" spectators and coaches alike hope that USRowing's Women's Champ Eight can find their way down the course without local darling, Caryn Davies, in the stern. At the market's close, bets were sliding like the dollar on the international exchange. (Makes you ponder Jen Goldsack's race to U.S. citizenship!)
Andalucía loves you.
The Queen of England gives a Royal Sendoff to the best Brits from Beijing heading to Beantown.
Team Nereus was caught stumbling out of Uno's in Harvard Square on Karaoke Night, singing "Double Dutch Bus."
Contrary to any rumors, Cambridge native Matt Damon is NOT rowing the parent/child double with his mom, Nancy.
The HOCR office mantra: "It is what it is."
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10/15/2008 7:28:18 PM
When we moved back to San francisco the black lab next door got a little territorial. Ok, a lot. The black lab attacked little Oscar. As I tried to save my dog from the black lab attack, the black lab opened up my hand like a tin can. The good news is that the world record holders of the 50+ event have been upgraded. Dan Beery will be laying down the heat in 6 six. Watch out.