2024 KISS - Kitsap Invitational Summer Scrimmage
Four Rats and two Nails (one shiny, one polished by time) represented Port Townsend at the Kitsap Invitational Summer Scrimmage, or KISS,...
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Peggy Myre
Mar 62 min read
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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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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Noah Seixas
Jun 19, 20232 min read
What I love about rowing in Port Townsend Bay
Ask any rower what the ideal conditions are, and you’ll hear flat water, no wind, no boat traffic or wake, easy water access off low...
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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
Mar 7, 20232 min read
Why "Rat Island?"
Across the bay from the peace and love capital of Port Townsend lies Indian Island - a major U.S. Naval munitions facility. Both are...
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Peggy Myre
Oct 23, 201910 min read
Rat Islanders Go Extreme Distances to Row in a Foreign Land
Log of the RIRSC trip to Budapest for the International Master’s Regatta September 2019 more pictures here Elevan RIRSC rowers (Connie,...
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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, 20152 min read
A Visitor’s Perspective
It was a bit like a dream. Lucy, Swifty (two of my grown kids) and I were standing outside the Port Townsend Maritime Center which is a...
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Francine Rose
Dec 16, 20141 min read
The Rats Take the Cake
…and the cheese, Nicoise salad, shrimp and all the other goodies at our annual holiday bash. But Sally’s cake said it all – thank you...
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Francine Rose
Aug 29, 20142 min read
Restoring Racing History – One Shell at at Time
Steve Chapin in the single, Larry Dewey, Roger McPherson, Ted Shoulberg and Jim Buckley in the Hoh. Photo by Dan Depew. Before there...
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Francine Rose
Aug 27, 20141 min read
Daniel James Brown Book Signing Sept. 6 noon-4pm
They were 9 working class boys from the Pacific Northwest who won an impossible victory – not just for Washington State – but for the...
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Mark Helprin
Apr 19, 201416 min read
Palais de Justice – A Short Story
Mark Helprin – In a lesser chamber of Suffolk County Courthouse on a day in early August, 1965. the hottest day of the year, a Boston...
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Robert Cunard
Mar 21, 20144 min read
The Road Ahead
A long time ago when I was a competitive rower, I learned that I needed to be a great teammate if I was going to succeed in the sport. I...
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Francine Rose
Mar 19, 20141 min read
The Pocock Legacy
Photo: Steve Chapin and Stan Pocock examine the Hoh. Frank Cunningham narrates this mini documentary on the history of rowing in Seattle...
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Francine Rose
Mar 19, 20145 min read
Our History
We are not the first rowing club in Port Tonwsend! Pam Clise sent this series of clippings from the Port Townsend Leader. PTL Apr 2, 1890...
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