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Carl wrote:

I don't understand the "school outing" part. Were they on boats in a
swollen river, without pfds, drysuits or wetsuits, some training, rescue
boats etc? Seems quite unusual for schools. At least on this side of
the pond, the "official school outing" tends to be pretty organized. We

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Why doesn't Mark W. Decker have a professional page on LinkedIn or Spoke
or ZoomInfo highlighting his past employment history?

ANSWER: Because he has an abysmally bad and appalling business record
as a president and/or company executive replete with: 1) running the
organizations into the ground, 2) filing for corporate bankruptcy, 3)

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I am starting to add technique vidieos that use animation. See the
YouTube link above.

Thanks

Mick
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This is an absolutely wonderful account. So few get to this level of
accomplishment in any venue.. (I am not including myself on that short
list,)

Thank yo so much for this remembrance

Steve Giddings

I quite agree with Henry. I have never seen a picture of the boat in
question and suspect that it was too small to be rowed efficiently with five
people aboard.
I do not suppose Dad had any idea how fast he might be able to row it and
I doubt that he could have beaten that stream with a fully loaded small

Landaff Rowing Club’s Row for Gold Regatta will feature two firsts for 2012 – the introduction of Adaptive Rowing races and an open event for sea rowers.

The two-day Regatta will take place in Cardiff on the 7th and 8th of July, and hopes to attract a diverse entry of rowers from right across the UK.

“We’re delighted to welcome adaptive rowers,” said club captain Sarah Thomas. “Dan Grant, Welsh Rowing’s adaptive coach, has been working with us for some time and we’re hoping this opportunity to compete will spark interest from adaptive athletes from well beyond the border.

“It will be interesting to have the sea rowing boats here, too.  Sea rowing clubs are thriving in Wales – not surprisingly, really,  when you think of how much coastline we have – and we’ve been promised our river rowers will get a chance to have a go too.”

The Llandaff Regatta is a Row for Gold event, as are Llandaff RC’s Learn to Row courses and the club’s popular autumn Pub & Club Regatta.

“We want to capitalise on the surge of interest we’re sure will be generated by the Olympics,” added Sarah. “This is a great chance to show everyone what a fantastic sport we have.”

For more information about the 2012 Llandaff Regatta, see the official flyer or contact Llandaff RC.

Indeed; I agree with the whole of your post. The particular incident
above was especially tragic. If you watch the BBC footage you can see
that the family's house was just above the weir - about fifty yards as I
recall - and had a river frontage. So from the time that Dad and the
kids got afloat to the time they hit the weir can only have been less

There as been a packet of rain this month, so UK rivers are running full
& fast. It's been a considerable inconvenience to rowers & regatta
organisers but, AFAIK, everyone in rowing has acted very responsibly.

Unfortunately there is no shortage of naive folk who think a river in
spate is a great place to play:

I am looking to get hold of two wooden eights which are to be used this summer in a movie. The eights will be needed for a scene at a regatta with the two boats racing each other. I am also keen to see if anyone has wooden singles, doubles or fours? Rental fees are happily discussed!

Landaff Rowing Club’s Row for Gold Regatta will feature two firsts for 2012 – the introduction of Adaptive Rowing races and an open event for sea rowers.

The two-day Regatta will take place in Cardiff on the 7th and 8th of July, and hopes to attract a diverse entry of rowers from right across the UK.

“We’re delighted to welcome adaptive rowers,” said club captain Sarah Thomas. “Dan Grant, Welsh Rowing’s adaptive coach, has been working with us for some time and we’re hoping this opportunity to compete will spark interest from adaptive athletes from well beyond the border.

“It will be interesting to have the sea rowing boats here, too.  Sea rowing clubs are thriving in Wales – not surprisingly, really,  when you think of how much coastline we have – and we’ve been promised our river rowers will get a chance to have a go too.”

The Llandaff Regatta is a Row for Gold event, as are Llandaff RC’s Learn to Row courses and the club’s popular autumn Pub & Club Regatta.

“We want to capitalise on the surge of interest we’re sure will be generated by the Olympics,” added Sarah. “This is a great chance to show everyone what a fantastic sport we have.”

For more information about the 2012 Llandaff Regatta, contact Llandaff RC.

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Bravo! That's a masterpiece!

Cheers -
Carl

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Exactly. The boat goes faster in a straight line without trying to
side-slip, and the sculler goes faster because s/he isn't constantly
shading power to one side or the other. Ideally when competing you
try to convert the course into a series of straights separated by
sharp turns. A good example on the Head of the Charles course is at

Wanted single coastal scull for beginner, any age or condition considered. Also consider any training scull around 7m. phil.a.robinson@sky.com

excellent.

When I'm old, I mean properly old, when I'm so old the skin on the back
of my hand is like rice-paper and my searching rheumy eyes don't
recognise you or me, this is will be the only story I will tell. And
you won't believe me; or, maybe you will: but you won't care because
everyone's got a story.

Another tip to take or leave:

When I send beginners out on the main course
after they've learned how to scull a little, back
up, hold water properly, dock, etc, I have them
row for 12-20 times on the main course for no
more than an hour.

Our course has turns and straight stretches,
and some stretches that might be straight

Organisers have revealed the final details for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, which promises to be one of the most spectacular pageants in London’s illustrious history.

The unique 1,000-boat pageant will include 20,000 participants on the water, and up to a million spectators along the banks of the River Thames.

Pageant Master Adrian Evans today revealed that 50 giant screens will be erected along the Thames to give spectators a prime view of all the day’s proceedings, and also highlighted the best vantage points to witness the seven mile long flotilla in person.

Tickets are still available for the main Diamond Jubilee Festival in Battersea Park, and can be purchased for £5 per person (children under the age of 12 can enter for free). Tickets will not be available on the gate.

For those without tickets to the Battersea Park event, road and bridge-closures either side of the river mean that large portions of central London will effectively be pedestrianised between 7am and 10pm. An interactive map outlining the best places to view the pageant from the riverside is available at www.thamesdiamondjubileepageant.org/InteractiveMap.aspx.

The pageant will begin at 2pm – weather permitting – and end at 6pm, starting at Battersea Bridge and finishing at Tower Bridge.

For a detailed overview of the June 3rd event, visit http://www.thamesdiamondjubileepageant.org/EventInformation.aspx.

Roehampton University RC are struggling to collect a single scull from Kingston Grammar School's boathouse in Thames Ditton. Despite this being a short 1 hour round trip to get it to us at TTRC, we're struggling to find a trailer or driver to collect it, and at present there is no-one competent enough at the club to row it that distance. Is there anyone in the region who has a single scull roof rack and would be kind enough to give up an hour of the time to collect and deliver it for us in exchange for petrol money and some beers? We're also looking to collect 2 boats from Cambridge and one from Windsor in the next week or so, and have a trailer and vehicle set up, but the people we know with trailer licenses are sadly unavailable. Is there anyone with a trailer license who would be interested in driving for us on a weekday ideally? Again, petrol money and lunch/some beers would be included. If you think you can help, we'd really appreciate it, please get in touch. E-mail Sam Neal on neu_noize@hotmail.co.uk or call 07595922762.