'Hear The Boat Sing'

This blog covers all aspects of the rich history of rowing, as a sport, culture phenomena, a life style, and a necessary element to keep your wit and stay sane.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Time To Order The British Rowing Almanack

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Now when April is upon us, it’s high time to order your copy of the British Rowing Almanack , which came out for the first time 137 years ag...

Friday, April 1, 2011

From Rowing To Bowling!

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To the readers of HTBS, this might come as a big surprise to you, but I am very interested in bowling! As a matter of fact, I am seriously c...

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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Peter Finds A Publisher

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The other day, I received an e-mail from rowing historian Peter Mallory of San Diego. He had some exiting news about his forthcoming book th...

Monday, March 28, 2011

Pictures From Boat Race Day

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Before and on Boat Race Day Hélène Rémond shot some photographs of London waiting for the race to begin. You can watch her pictures in the s...

More Oxford-Cambridge Boat Races?

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HTBS's Tim Koch has some final thoughts about this year's Boat Races. Tim writes: The day following the 2011 Oxford-Cambridge Boat R...

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Cheers, My Friends

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Yesterday, two of HTBS's special correspondents met up at Auriol Kensington RC for The Boat Race and Pimm's, Hélène Rémond and Tim K...

What Do The Newspapers Write About The Boat Race?

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What are the newspapers writing about yesterday's Boat Race? In The Daily Telegraph , Rachel Quarrell writes: "After victories in.....

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Friday, March 25, 2011

Oxford Won The Masters

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Oxford's veterans Jonny Searle on 7-seat and Matthew Pinsent on 6-seat. HTBS correspondent: London, Friday 25th March, 2011, 16.30: Oxfo...

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Tim Koch Interviews Alec Dent, OUBC

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HTBS’s Tim Koch managed to get a brief interview with Alec Dent, OUBC, at Putney. Tim Koch : Tell me about your French heritage. Alec Dent :...

Report From Putney

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Here is a report from Putney by HTBS's own Tim Koch: Hear The Boat Sing, HTBS, moves in some fairly distinguished circles these days as ...

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Martin Has A Hunch: It's Cambridge!

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Martin Gough , Assistant Editor of the BBC Sport Website, spent a lot of time on the Tideway today. He gives HTBS a report: I spent almost 1...

Boat Race Media

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HTBS will of course cover The Boat Race on Saturday, 26 March. Tim Koch, HTBS's special correspondent, is getting ready for the race, an...

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About HTBS

HTBS editor Göran R Buckhorn: ‘Hear the Boat Sing’ (HTBS) was founded in 2009 by Göran R Buckhorn, a Swede living in Connecticut, a magazine editor, culture scribe and a rowing historian. In 1990, Göran co-founded the Swedish rowing magazine, “Svensk Rodd”, for which he is now a contributing editor. He has written numerous articles on rowing, and is one of the Directors of Friends of Rowing History and a member of BARJ, the British Association of Rowing Journalists. Regular contributors to HTBS are: rowing historians Tim Koch and Greg Denieffe, both in England; Hélène Rémond, France; and Philip Kuepper, Connecticut. Besides writing articles on The Boat Race, the Henley Royal Regatta, the Wingfield Sculls, and the Doggett’s Coat and Badge Race, Tim has made some rowing documentaries. He is also a Director of the Friends of Rowing History and a member of BARJ. Greg is an Irishman who specializes on Irish rowing. Some of his finest pieces are on HTBS. Hélène, who wrote her thesis on British rowing, has covered The Boat Race and the Henley Regatta for French papers and HTBS, also shooting beautiful photos for this blog. Philip’s poems on rowing have topics about everything between the daily life and the divine.

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