The Making of the Boys of ’36 – And Our Supporting Role
Early last Summer, with still no word about when (or even if) Daniel Brown’s bestseller Boys in the Boat movie would begin production,...
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Patti Hoyeki
Mar 25, 20162 min read
Spring Member Meeting 2016
Tuesday March 22 the afternoon was swept up the stairs with festive airs as boaters migrated laden with tasty treats to share. The...
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Francine Rose
Mar 9, 20161 min read
Sculling for Girls (1906)
Heidi Danilchik (Lucy Pocock-Stillwell’s granddaughter) shared this article with us. “Sculling for Girls” (1906) It starts out as a puff...
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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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Francine Rose
Nov 15, 20155 min read
Jane’s “Frank” talk – Our class notes..
Jane was lucky enough to study under LWRC’s Hall of Fame coach Frank Cunningham – and last Friday we were lucky enough to have her share...
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Francine Rose
Nov 10, 20152 min read
HOTL 2015
We snuck this one in just under the wire during a week of gale warnings. Loading the boats was interesting as the small craft advisory...
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Kathleen Sailer
Oct 1, 20152 min read
Fundraiser Grand Prize Recipient: A Day to Remember
OCT Restoration Fundraiser 2015 : Grand Prize Recipient Experience By Kathleen Sailer: Last Spring the Oct Restoration campaign was...
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Francine Rose
Sep 15, 20154 min read
WBF ’15 – The Kathy Lazara Whitman Goes Back to the Starting Line
For the complete albums of of Mike Sweeney’s incredible photos, go here and here (and don’t forget to give him a great big thanks in...
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Francine Rose
Sep 14, 20153 min read
WBF – The Race & the Takeaway
THE RACE The 2015 Wooden Boat Festival Rowing Race for all human powered boats went off without a hitch. We had 18 entrantants in...
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Francine Rose
Sep 8, 20154 min read
Stan on “the stroke”
High rates and hard pulling, when combined with bad rowing, do not make a boat go fast. – Stan Pocock Way Enough p.239 There is so much...
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Sally Giesler
Aug 30, 20154 min read
Pocock Rowing Shells: A living Museum in Port Townsend
By Sally Giesler A whole new interest in wooden racing shells has taken off these days since the bestselling book The Boys in the Boat by...
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Francine Rose
Aug 27, 20151 min read
Nordland Row ’15 (Hey Mr. Banjo)
It was the perfect day – light wind and almost glass calm in spots. As we splashed around in our own backyard paddling pool, a blanket...
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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 27, 20152 min read
Rat Island Regatta 2015
Another one for the scrapbook! Thanks to Steve Chapin and Sally Giesler, the Rat Island Regatta was – to quote Linda Deal – “A lovely day...
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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 29, 20153 min read
Our Living Pocock Museum
This 3-minute video tells why the story of the “Boats” (Pocock’s gold medal winning wood shells) stretched far beyond the 1936 victory...
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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
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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Steve Jeffries
May 12, 20152 min read
Lifesaving Lessons
A message from Steve Jeffries Greetings from your new Safety Officer. The following information is suggested only for all rowers and...
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