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
May 3, 20153 min read
Opening Day/Windermere Cup Honoring Stan
It started with an email from Jane Ritchey, who was at the Jan 5 memorial with a custom lightweight coxed quad, the Lucy Pocock...
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Francine Rose
Apr 17, 20151 min read
Boat Flips and Bellyflops
Today was the Flip Test Challenge – Baptism by salt water for 11 brave Rats who preferred being wet and cold Rats over being drowned...
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Katie Franco
Apr 13, 20153 min read
Lake Stevens Race
By Katie Franco The crew of the Bogie: Jeanne Costello, Jim Buckley, Katie Franco, and John Collins, practiced every day for a week on...
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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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Francine Rose
Feb 22, 20151 min read
Stan Pocock’s Amazing Book, Way Enough
A whopping 4 pounds filled with black & white photos and colorful anecdotes, Stan Pocock‘s Way Enough certainly does weigh enough! It’s...
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Jim Buckley
Jan 4, 20152 min read
Swamped!
The possibility of swamping a shell, especially a four or an eight, in cold rough water is about the most dangerous thing about rowing in...
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Francine Rose
Jan 3, 20152 min read
Stan Pocock: Why We Spent 4 Days to Row 15 Minutes.
The name George Pocock is practically a household word thanks to The Boys in the Boat, but less is known about his son Stan, who passed...
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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
Nov 3, 20141 min read
HOTL 2014
Congratulations to all!! HOTL was a joy to watch and even more fun to row! More photos by me, Ann We and Joel Rogers HERE (click on...
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Francine Rose
Oct 30, 20141 min read
The Rats go Prime Time with Evening Magazine!!
The Hoh’s historic journey in a nutshell And here is some rare footage of the Hoh winning the 1960 Olympics!
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Katie Franco
Oct 26, 20142 min read
A Head Start to Head of the Lake
by Katie Franco 10 people traveled to Seattle today (10/26/14) to check out the course before the Head of the Lake next Sunday. We went...
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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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Francine Rose
Sep 17, 20142 min read
Chillin at the Nordland Store 9/15/14
I’m still totally new to this club but the one Rats event I was most looking forward to was the annual row to Nordland Store on...
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Francine Rose
Sep 9, 20144 min read
Our Wooden Boat Festival Scrapbook 2014
Rats were asked…Any one-or-two liners about your best (or worst) WBF memory? Thanks to all of you for your good answers. For more...
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Mari Friend
Sep 4, 20141 min read
Congrats Mari and Connie!
One of the fun parts of traveling to any race is meeting & getting to know the other returning competitors. As well as volunteering, OPRA...
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