“Everybody Stayed Aboard” — Guest Post from Leif H.

“Everybody Stayed Aboard” — Guest Post from Leif H.

When I started rowing for Stuart, we were still meeting at Thompson’s Boathouse on the Potomac, just upriver from the Kennedy Center. We were still rowing the Bear and the Miss Fairfax. Miss Fairfax was, as I recall, a Pocock 4 rigged for sweeps — all our boats...
A Look Back — Guest Post from Stuart Oarsman 1976 – 1979

A Look Back — Guest Post from Stuart Oarsman 1976 – 1979

Back in the day I was the stroke on our boat, and I remember the tension as you tried to stay focused on the first ten strokes of the race as well as make adjustments to the boat to stay straight while lining up prior to the start of the race all the while waiting for...