Rowing the Kathy Lazara Whitman, 7/20/23
By Kathleen Sailer. Photos and video by Emily Adams. On a radiant morning in late July, RIRSC hosted Seattle guests Mike and Kathy...
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Ted Shoulberg
Jul 28, 20231 min read
Go slow be careful Cut Man
Today is the Day of joy and trepidation for we shall do a procedure which has risks : We will be cutting 3/64th relief lines in the hull...
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Ted Shoulberg
Jun 8, 20232 min read
Plugman and Provocative Thoughts
In the past couple of weeks two events happened in my rowing life : One joyous and the other curious. Each has its path to convergence...
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Ted Shoulberg
May 30, 20231 min read
The Survivor
March 30, 2023 Hi Folks, I have been around a wide circle of people who enjoy working on wooden racing shells, and have never heard...
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Ted Shoulberg
May 30, 20231 min read
The founder of founders Jim Buckley
March 22, 2023 Hi Folks, We are living our own History as we preserve History. I am the last of the founders who is still actively...
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Ted Shoulberg
May 30, 20231 min read
Zed Fred and Ted
March 10, 2023 Hi Folks, 7 or 8 of us are sanding away when who should drop by but Steve Chapin...... I can't focus on my task, I have...
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Francine Rose
May 12, 20172 min read
The De- and Re- Naming Ceremony for the Stan Pocock
In the midst of rain, clouds, darkness, Stan Pocock (or maybe Neptune?) opened the skies for a glorious day for the de-naming of the...
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Francine Rose
May 4, 20171 min read
The “Gimp Pad”
Stan Pocock Way Enough, p. 109 The Huskies finished a close second to Cornell, who nipped them at the finish. John “Gimp” Halberg went on...
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Francine Rose
May 4, 20171 min read
Quick Catch Drill
Stan Pocock Way Enough P.299 The pause before the catch, which we always insisted upon, was designed to eliminate the tendency of some...
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Francine Rose
May 3, 20172 min read
Wrist Splints
Stan Pocock Way Enough p. 71 Two of the frosh came into the shop one afternoon, each complaining that his feathering wrist hurt like hell...
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Francine Rose
May 3, 20172 min read
Plane Crazy
This one’s for our own pilot Ed Kirkpatrick who donated the Riverside to our club and graciously agreed to renaming her the Stan Pocock....
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Francine Rose
May 3, 20171 min read
“Hey Mr. Banjo”
Stan Pocock Way Enough p. 286 I was resting on the bank of the Seneca River at Syracuse, enjoying a respite from the goings on around the...
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Francine Rose
May 3, 20172 min read
“The Moriarty Effect”
Stan Pocock Way Enough p. 162-165 I couldn't go along with that style.[pause in the bow, rush up, snatch and grab] …For one, I wanted my...
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Francine Rose
Apr 27, 20172 min read
The Birth of the Riverside (now the Stan Pocock)
Stan Pocock Way Enough p 237 1968 was also the busiest year we ever had in the shop. During those eleven months we built 125 boats of all...
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Francine Rose
Apr 26, 20172 min read
“Amen”
Stan Pocock Way Enough p. 258 After we took Dad home, I moved in to be with him and give support to Mother as best I could. Mrs. Blix, a...
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Francine Rose
Apr 26, 20172 min read
The Stan Pocock Renaming Ceremony
We are honored to announce that on May 6 at 10am (at our boathouse) one of the last shells Stan built for the Olympics will be renamed...
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Francine Rose
Apr 17, 20171 min read
Videos – The Thames Waterman Stroke and Pocock Stroke
Berlin 1936 Raw Footage from Lenville ODonnell on Vimeo. UW Rowing Practice For 1940 Games (1939) from Lenville ODonnell on Vimeo.
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Francine Rose
Feb 1, 20174 min read
Point Hudson Boat Shop
2022 Update: Steve Chapin's boatshop is no longer located in the Point Hudson Marina. ONE OF A KIND There are only three National...
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Francine Rose
Sep 2, 20167 min read
Kathleen Pocock (George’s youngest sister)
Standing l to r. siblings Richard (Dick), George and Lucy. Seated sister Julia (Ju), Kathleen (Kath) and father Aaron (Fred) Pocock....
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Francine Rose
Jun 5, 20165 min read
The Stan Pocock (formerly Riverside)
In the closest finish ever recorded in a trial, Harvard defeated this mighty Pennsylvania crew at Long Beach by less than a foot, earning...
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