Monday, January 31, 2011

Who Was The Model In 'The Young Rower'?

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Earlier today one of HTBS’s popular entries, The Female Rower, 1930 Style! (posted on 3 October 2009) got an anonymous comment about the yo...
Sunday, January 30, 2011

The Geometry Of Rowing

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The Geometry of Rowing He saw in the body Of a gull the shape Of a shell, In the legs of an egret The shape of oars. Through his mind he had...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

John Biglin, The Hard-Assed Coach?

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Rowing historian Bill Lanouette of Washington DC now and then sends an e-mail with some interesting facts. This morning, I received a photog...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Larry Gluckman Honored At Power Ten

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I received an e-mail today from Evan Corcoran. He wondered if the readers of HTBS might have any interest of what happened at the Power Ten...
Sunday, January 23, 2011

2010 FISA World Rowing Awards

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The 2010 World Rowing Awards have just been announced and awarded, FISA writes in a press release. The honours have gone to New Zealand'...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

'I Crew' - I Don't Think So...

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Now, Andy Anderson, writing as 'Doctor Rowing' in the magazine Rowing News , is a man of my liking. In the latest issue of the menti...
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Friday, January 21, 2011

Film Adaptation Of Renoir's Luncheon...

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In an e-mail earlier today, Hélène Rèmond of France sends a link to a French TV film that was shown last Wednesday. It is an adaptation of R...
Monday, January 17, 2011

List Of Gigs Worldwide

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Another one of Hilary Moll's wonderful photographs of a gig. Tim Koch followed up with another e-mail on gigs and gig rowing. He found a...

Gig Rowing And Racing In America!

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HTBS reader Caleb had a question the other day where to find gig rowing and racing in the USA? I was not able to help him, but of course th...
Sunday, January 16, 2011

The Dragon Slaying Saint And A Cornish Pilot Gig Club

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In an e-mail Tim Koch asks if I am related to Saint Göran. Good question! There is a famous wooden sculpture of St. Göran killing the dragon...
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Saturday, January 15, 2011

HTBS's Tim Koch Visits The NMMC

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After HTBS's Tim Koch's outing with the Falmouth Gig Club, told on 8-9 January 2011, he went indoors to visit the beautiful National...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Hurry Up, Summer!

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Today large parts of Connecticut got hammered by snow, also our corner in and around Mystic. It took my wife and me several hours to dig out...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Peter Mallory's Final Chapter

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American rowing historian Peter Mallory has now finished the last chapter of his grandiose project called The Evolution of the Rowing Stroke...
Monday, January 10, 2011

James Cracknell On The Accident That Nearly Killed Him

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In July last year, the British Olympic champion James Cracknell had a very bad accident with his bicycle while trying to cross America from ...
Sunday, January 9, 2011

The Revival Of Cornish Pilot Gig Racing 2

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Here Tim Koch continues his story from yesterday about his visit to Falmouth Gig Club in Cornwall. On a very cold day shortly before Christm...
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