R.I.P to the Friendship and Bogie
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...
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Kathleen Sailer
Aug 26, 20232 min read
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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Ron Moller
Mar 16, 20232 min read
Meet Our Pocock HyperCarbon Quad - John Collins
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...
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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
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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Francine Rose
Jan 5, 20163 min read
The “New” Stämpfli Wooden Triple
While the rest of us were trifling with riggers and foot stretchers during the 2015 HOTL, Ted Shoulberg, Rat Island’s Most Interesting...
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Guy Harper
Dec 8, 20155 min read
Quinault
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...
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Guy Harper
Aug 9, 20154 min read
The Oct (Kathy Whitman)
Guy Harper – The KATHY WHITMAN (built in 1976) was originally equipped both as an eight and later equipped as a sixteen oared boat…with...
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Francine Rose
Jul 11, 20157 min read
Lucy Pocock-Stillwell
Lucy Pocock Stillwell was the older sister of rowing legend George Pocock whom she essentially raised (George was only 6 months old...
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Francine Rose
Jun 22, 20153 min read
The Frank C.
The Frank C. was originally built for the Washington Athletic Club to compete in the trials for the 1960 Olympics. Six years earlier,...
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Jim Buckley
May 12, 20154 min read
Husky Challenger
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-...
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Jim Buckley
May 6, 20151 min read
The Ristretto – Pocock Double
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...
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Francine Rose
Apr 4, 20152 min read
Long Live Lorna!
On November 8, 2019 the Lorna Smith, an older Vespoli quad, had an altercation with a moored derelict sailboat and lost. The bow was...
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Francine Rose
Mar 30, 20151 min read
The Race is ON!!! Restoring the Kathy L Whitman
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...
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Francine Rose
Mar 28, 20153 min read
The Hoh’s Historic Journey – a Flicktorial
(Thank Jim Buckley for his excellent archives) 1960 – Olympic Gold! The Hoh screams across the finish to an Olympic Gold Medal. Stan...
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Jim Buckley
Feb 28, 20152 min read
The “Old” Stampfli Triple
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...
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Kathy Martinez
Oct 18, 20144 min read
The Rusty Callow Goes Back Home
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...
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Jim Buckley
Mar 7, 20142 min read
The Hoh (part 1)
Jim Buckley – Thanks to the efforts of Ted Shoulberg the Lake Washington Rowing Club gave us two “rowable” wooden shells – the Husky...
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Jim Buckley
Mar 7, 20141 min read
Refinishing the Hoh (part 2)
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...
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Jim Buckley
Mar 7, 20143 min read
Returning the Hoh (part 3)
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...
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