On Sunday March 3, a group of Rats gathered to pay solemn tribute to (aka carve up) two of RIRSC’s historic (some might say “old”) rowing...

By Kathleen Sailer. Photos and video by Emily Adams. On a radiant morning in late July, RIRSC hosted Seattle guests Mike and Kathy...

Fellow Rats, here's all you need to know to enjoy our newest boat. It's presently named the Eric Gill; give some thought to what its new...

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...

In the closest finish ever recorded in a trial, Harvard defeated this mighty Pennsylvania crew at Long Beach by less than a foot, earning...

While the rest of us were trifling with riggers and foot stretchers during the 2015 HOTL, Ted Shoulberg, Rat Island’s Most Interesting...

Guy Harper – The Quinault shell is the very Pocock boat that started my own interest in the rowing club at Port Townsend. I had taken my...

Guy Harper – The KATHY WHITMAN (built in 1976) was originally equipped both as an eight and later equipped as a sixteen oared boat…with...

Lucy Pocock Stillwell  was the  older sister of rowing legend George Pocock whom she essentially raised  (George was only 6 months old...

The Frank C. was originally built for the Washington Athletic Club to compete in the trials for the 1960 Olympics. Six years earlier,...

Photo: Stan Pocock with Tuf as Nails crew Jim Buckley – The Husky Challenger is an 8+ sweep racing shell (8 rowers with one oar apiece-...

Jim Buckley – Five of us (Lorna, Roger, Larry, Ted and Jim) bought a Pocock double for $3,000 from Barbara Gregory through the LWRC. A...

On November 8, 2019 the Lorna Smith, an older Vespoli quad, had an altercation with a moored derelict sailboat and lost. The bow was...

The Race is ON! We had 30 days to raise enough money to restore our unique 16-oared Pocock classic racing shell the Kathy Lazara...

(Thank Jim Buckley for his excellent archives) 1960 – Olympic Gold! The Hoh screams across the finish to an Olympic Gold Medal. Stan...

Ted Shoulberg, John Collins and Jim Buckley have a Triple! Ted and John went to Victoria to row the boat and negotiated to buy it – then...

Ahead of the sad news of Stan Pocock’s passing, there was  some good news for his contemporary Rusty Callow, when the boat that bore his...

Jim Buckley – Thanks to the efforts of Ted Shoulberg the Lake Washington Rowing Club gave us two “rowable” wooden shells – the Husky...

The Hoh was badly damaged August 18, 2004 when its crew beached it in rough weather. At least no one had to swim and the Hoh did not...

Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 Subject: 1960 Gold Medal IV From: S.R. Pocock To: Jim Buckley Jim I wish to let you know my feelings relative...