ISSUE #10 | WINTER 2021-22
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Welcome to Issue #10 of The Wave – the Coastal and Offshore Magazine. 2022 so far has seen storms batter the United Kingdom and Ireland; Sport England has announced that if your facility has been damaged in these storms then you might be able to apply for funds under the Storm Relief Fund, for more information, please click here. Behind the scenes, The WAVE has been building and has some exciting things coming up this year. On the water, the Harker’s Yard Gig Winter series has been dodging the weather; meanwhile on the Atlantic, many rowers independently as well as part of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge have been changing not only their lives on the water but off the water to as they raise money for their chosen causes. Congratulations to all the rowers who completed the crossing. If you’re looking for a trip to do this year, check out the Scottish Expeditions that Rannoch Adventure have to offer through ROXY Expeditions – they have a line-up of stunning trips this year.
In this issue, we bring you sliding seat, fixed seat; we feature the Harker’s Yard Gig and it is made and created a coastal rowing scene whilst providing apprenticeship opportunities. We also feature a versatile boat for adventures, the Whaleboat C23, you can either row scull or sweep, or even put an outboard motor on the back… and it looks stunning too! Thank you to all those who have contributed to this issue, and to the advertisers who help keep this running. If there’s anything you would like The Wave Rowing to feature or to provide feedback, suggestions, please email rowing@thewaverowing.com I’d love to hear from you! Feel free to share The Wave Rowing to help raise awareness and promote your sport. I hope you enjoy this issue!
Craig Chaulk Founder & Editor The Wave – The Coastal & Offshore Rowing Magazine
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Coastal Sculling News
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Ocean Rowing News
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Jurassic Gig Rowing League
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Featured Boat: Whaleboat C23
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Fixed Seat News
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World Rowing Tour 2022
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Traineras – Have a Go!
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Somerset 525
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Pioneering The Future: Harker’s Yard Gig
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Featured Club: Lower Thames Rowing Club
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TWAC 2021: The Results
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8 reasons why Rannoch Adventure is THE Go-To Ocean Rowing Company 1.
Experience: Charlie Pitcher is the man at the helm of Rannoch Adventure – he has rowed solo across the Atlantic twice, winning the Trans-Atlantic Race in 2009 and setting the solo world record in 2013. He has rowed around Great Britain as part of a team and has rowed the North Sea solo from Dover to John o’Groats. Building is his trade, boats are his passion, and adventure is in his DNA.
“Our world is everything to do with ocean rowing” 2.
Adventure: We run an extensive programme of professionally organised and professionally skippered expeditions in our 12 person ocean rowing boat, Roxy. This is your chance to participate in this growing adventure sport without the hassle of securing your own funding or pulling together a full team.
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Expertise: We have built more than 100 ocean rowing boats over the past 11 years - more than any other boat builder globally. This year, Rannoch has been involved in the building and shipping of over 90% of the entire TWAC 2021 fleet. Our production manager, Mike, and electrician, Gary, have over 80 years of professional experience between them. We know every facet of this business inside out!
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Customer service: Our professional, skilled, knowledgeable team prides itself on its friendly and individual approach to every customer requirement.
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Focus: We pride ourselves on being the only rowing business out there that is run by rowers and short-handed sailors and put our entire focus on rowing.
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Safety: We have an envious 100% record for safety and reliability for all boats we have been involved with on the oceans.
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Support from beginning to end: From the moment you enquire about wanting to row an ocean, you will receive Rannoch’s full support. From your initial discussion with Charlie about what it takes to be an ocean rower right through to advising on your boat specification, providing training (physical, sea survival, navigation, first aid), supplying parts and equipment for your trip, shipping your boat to the start of your adventure, and selling your boat at the end – we can do it all.
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COASTAL SCULLING The South West Coastal Rowing League will shortly be rebranded as the Coastal Rowing League in the hope of attracting participants from the South coast and beyond. A full list of the regatta dates can be viewed in the Events section on The WAVE’s website at:
www.thewaverowing.com/coastalsculling British Rowing has launched its England Beach Sprints Team page detailing information for those interested and wanting more information on the Home International Beach Sprints rowing event, team selection and policies. Lucy Hart of Christchurch Rowing Club has been selected as the England Team Manager, there are still vacancies for a Lead Coach, and a Beach Co-ordinator. More information can be found on British Rowing’s website: © TheWaveRowing.com
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Above: The current British Rowing Offshore Men’s Champion Will Loftus rowing in a Swift Racing C1X ‘The WAVE’, Exmouth, Devon.
Comic Relief Comic Relief ‘Red Nose Day’ – a large fundraising event in the United Kingdom has seen rowing making an appearance. British Gold Medallist Tom Daley rowed a Swift Racing C1X on the River Thames as part of his endurance challenge. Radio 1 DJ Jordan North (pictured left) on February 28th, 2022 began his ‘Rowing Home’ challenge which saw him rowing 100 miles on canals from London to Burnley in a Swift Racing C1X. He completed his challenge on Friday 4 th March 2022. To congratulate him, you can donate via the website below:
https://canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk/jordan/ © BBC Radio 1, Comic Relief
For more information, please email: mail@olderfleetrowingclub.co.uk
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JURASSIC GIG ROWING LEAGUE
ROWING LEAGUE RETURNS WITH UNDER 16’s LEAGUE ►Report by Jackie Tutt, Jurassic Gig Rowing League
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T'S BACK! One of the largest coastal rowing leagues in the UK returns, and introduces a new U16's league. February 2022: Attracting 400 rowers, from ten clubs, and strong growth in new members seeking an active healthy life style; the Jurassic Gig Rowing League sponsored by AEP Compressed Air Technologies returns for 2022. Membership for every club has grown since the end of Lockdown with a real interest in Gig Rowing and trying something different. Clubs from Bridport, Combwich, Exmouth, Langstone, Lyme Regis, Poole, Portland, Sidmouth, Swanage, and Weymouth last met in Poole in 2019 to celebrate the end of a season of gig racing. Since the start of Covid, clubs have kept in contact with Zoom meetings during Lockdown, offering each other support and guidance and sharing ideas on how to create a safe return to their much-loved sport.
Now, the excitement is truly building for all ten clubs as the Jurassic Gig Rowing League makes its much anticipated return where members new and old can finally meet-up and race each other, and build on the momentum and growth pre-pandemic. The Jurassic Gig Rowing League regattas attract over 400 gig rowers, plus their families, friends, and supporters. They are a fantastic way to spend a weekend whether you are racing or spectating and truly provide a colourful spectacle and hive of activity wherever they go. Tourist and locals can't help but stop and admire the traditional style fixed-seat gig rowing, with crews lifting their oars up high, rowing away in unison, or the boats lined along the beach bringing a truly wonderful celebration of rowing to the coastal community. Due to the popular demand and interest, the Jurassic Gig Rowing League will look a little different for 2022 with two exciting changes. The point scoring categories have been extended to include a Men’s and Ladies SuperVets (over 50) race which now means the point scoring categories will include:
Men's A, Ladies A Men's B, Ladies B Men's and Ladies Vets (over 40) Men’s and Ladies SuperVets (over 50) Mixed races
This gives more opportunities for gig rowers to compete and win medals and trophies within the Jurassic League. Good news for new rowers enjoying their first dip into gig rowing and racing and really encouraging to include SuperVets who are usually the most competitive!
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JURASSIC GIG ROWING LEAGUE
The Junior Jurassic Regional Under 16's Gig Rowing League Sponsored by AEP Compressed Air Technologies Probably the most exciting news is the introduction of a dedicated Junior Jurassic Regional Under 16s Gig Rowing League to run in tandem with the Adult League. This Junior Jurassic League, which is believed to be the first of its kind, is designed to introduce and promote Cornish Pilot Gig Rowing throughout the region and offers a fantastic opportunity to engage with more young people. It is the first to be established within the CPGA and it will also encourage clubs who presently do not have junior rowers to take some positive action to involve young people into the sport. Every Jurassic League club hosting a regatta will include a Junior U16s race and all clubs are invited to use this as a showcase to other clubs presently without Junior crews. Jurassic Gig Rowing League clubs are fortunate to have the continued sponsorship from AEP Compressed Air Technologies who have sponsored the Jurassic League since its introduction. They are keen to be associated with the sport of Gig Rowing and with their headquarters in Honiton, it makes them perfectly placed near all the action. This year they will extend their sponsorship to the exciting new Jurassic Junior Gig Rowing League by providing medals to the top placed three junior crews at each Regatta plus a Trophy to the League Winning Crew at the end of the season. Langstone Pilot Gig Club will provide the Scoreboards and track each event keeping the momentum and excitement going throughout the Summer.
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JURASSIC GIG ROWING LEAGUE REGATTA DATES 2022 The five clubs who will hold the Point Scoring Jurassic Regattas for 2022 are:
28th May 2022 = Weymouth 18th June 2022 = Swanage 2nd July 2022 = Bridport 30th July 2022 = Langstone 13th August 2022 = Lyme Regis
Sidmouth, Exmouth, and Poole will hold Regattas that will be well attended and supported, but these will not be Point Scoring towards the Jurassic League. Combwich and Portland are unable to hold Regattas due to restrictions with their locations. Moving forward clubs will ensure that the Point Scoring Regatta allocation is fairly shared amongst Jurassic clubs at the start of each year. All clubs are members of the Cornish Pilot Gig Association. For more information, please contact email Jackie at jackietutt@outlook.com
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FIXED SEAT Cornish Pilot Gig Rowing Association fixtures
Cornish Four Oared Gig Association (CFOGA)
As per the article, the Jurassic Gig Rowing League is back and with its own separate Juniors League. The Cornish Pilot Gig Association (CPGA) is pushing for more Junior involvement and this is evident in the fixtures list.
The popularlity and interest in four-oared gig rowing is growing, not only with the Harker’s Yard, but the in introduction of the Cornish Four Oared Gig, there’s even a South East Gig League soon to be announced.
The 2022 fixtures list is available to view here: www.cpga.co.uk
This has ruffled some feathers in the gig world and the CFOGA has clarified its position and intentions, their statement can be read on their website here:
OCEAN TO CITY
www.cfoga.org.uk/news/cfoga-update-16-2-22/
Ocean to City – An Rás Mór is Ireland’s very own longdistance rowing race attracting hundreds of participants annually. Started in 2005, it has grown from its origin as a race for traditional fixed-seat boats into an allinclusive rowing and paddling event, embracing everything from traditional wooden working boats, currachs, skiffs, gigs and longboats to Contemporary Ocean racing shells, kayaks, canoes and even stand-up paddle boards. This year’s race will take place on Saturday 4th June 2022 in Cork Harbour, Ireland. Sign up!
www.oceantocity.com
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Founder that changed lives passes away David Tod, one of the founders and biggest supporters of the massive resurgence in coastal rowing in traditional boats around the Scottish Coast. He passed away peacefully on Monday 14th February after a long battle with illness. David leaves a legacy that has changed many lives in coastal communities and beyond through the introduction of the St Ayles Skiff. You can read a write-up on David at on the Scottish Coastal Rowing Association website:
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TRAINERAS HAVE A GO! Havant to host Santander's Trainera Superboats
‘Traineras’ Rowing in Hampshire with Santander's Superboats at The Coastal Rowing Academy ►Text & Pictures provided by Mike Gilbert, Coastal Rowing Academy
omething to look forward to in the local Coastal SRowing Scene in Spring 2022 is the arrival of a coastal rowing boat of a very different kind to one we are used to; a 13-oared Spanish Trainera (pronounced ‘trynera’) We are well used to coastal boats of all shapes and sizes in and around Hayling Island and the 3 Harbours - sliding seat singles, doubles and quads; and plenty of fixed seat boats - 20’ long 4-oared St Ayles Skiffs; 22’ Celtic Long Boats; 30’ Solent Galleys and 32’ 6-oared Cornish Pilot Gigs. But a 40’ boat with 13 rowers and a patron (cox) who stands up to steer with a 15’ long oar – that’s something else! So where do these boats originate? Off the north Spanish coast boats were developed to catch sardines or anchovies. They had to be quick to catch the schools of fish and circle them with nets; robust to row in the Bay of Biscay; large enough to take a decent catch and quick enough to be able to return to the port at speed – to sell the goods at the best price. The oarsmen were only paid when the rent for the boat and the fishing net were deducted – so it was in their interest to get a decent catch and take it back into port quickly. Like our Pilot Gigs, the need for rowed fishing boats has diminished, but recreational use took over; now each village and town along the north Spanish coast has a Club and they race – the most famous event being the San Sebastian Championships each September.
Racing is a quite a sight as well, the boats race over a two kilometre course off-shore and around a buoy and back - whatever the weather!
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Now through links with the city of Santander and Navigatio Santander Rowing Club in Spain, Havant Borough Council and Langstone Adventure Rowing are proud to support an exchange for a short loan that will bring a Traineras to Northney Marina, Hayling Island so that we can learn to row and race this craft. When does it arrive, when can I see it and row in it? The boat arrives in March and a welcoming ceremony will be held on Saturday 26th March 2022; at the Coastal Rowing Academy, Northney marina, Northney Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0NH at from 12 midday. Timetable: • Introduction to Spanish Coastal Rowing by Mike Gilbert Director of the Coastal Rowing Academy • 2pm Arrival of Lady Mayoress of Havant and Consort • Welcome Speech to be given by Lady Mayoress • 3-4pm Short row around Langstone Harbour with Lady Mayoress as passenger • Spanish Wine and refreshments from Cantabria available • Rowing sessions open to the public.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COME AND CELEBRATE You are invited to come along and celebrate the arrival of the Spanish Trainera rowing boat from Navigatio Santander Rowing Club in Spain. To book a rowing session contact: mike@langstonerowing.co.uk Tel: 07767 350512 or drop in at the Coastal Rowing Academy in Northney Marina.
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www.thewaverowing.com This stunning picture is of a Celtic Longboat. They are popular in Wales where clubs compete as part of the Welsh Sea Rowing Association. The boats are made by Dale Sailing. This picture is from a club based in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex belonging to Lower Thames Rowing Club. You can find out more about them on page 31 as our featured club for Issue #10. Fixed seat four oared rowing is one of the biggest forms of coastal rowing being performed in the United Kingdom. Picture (left): © Lower Thames Rowing Club
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HARKER’S YARD GIG
HARKER’S YARD GIG
PIONEERING THE FUTURE A
s with many coastal communities that saw many families making a living from or by the sea, whether through fishing or boat building, traditions and skills are slowly being lost in today’s modern world where tourism now dominates the local economy, or tempted by opportunities in the city. Employment opportunities can be limited, especially when skills are lost. Luckily, there are some places that are trying to maintain and bringing skills back to the community. One such place is the Pioneer Sailing Trust based in Brightlingsea, Essex where the next generation get hands-on with real build projects from restorations to new-builds; nurturing the 21st century craftspeople in developing life experiences and learning a vast range of skills thanks to their apprenticeship scheme, where a coastal rowing boat is helping to shape the local scene - the Harker’s Yard Gig.
Boat Building Apprenticeship Opportunities Harker’s Yard was set up by the Pioneer Sailing Trust, partly-funded from the EU Transcoast Project which aimed to regenerate port areas and help them reintegrate with their local communities. The building of a Harker’s Yard gig provides a brilliant platform in learning experiences and the development of a variety of different skills as they handcraft the build process, in addition to learning experiences on other boats like the clinker style. The Harker’s Yard gigs effectively bring employment to young apprentices who are not only building gigs, but are building a gig rowing scene in the community and beyond - a scene they helped craft. All pictures and Pioneer Sailing Trust logo © Pioneer Sailing Trust
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HARKER’S YARD GIG Once the hull has been shaped, it is then lifted out of the mould and flipped upright and placed into a cradle.
Origins Of The Harker’s Yard Gig Design Based on a traditional 19th Century design – the East Coast Gig was originally used to help pilot boats into port. As with many old working traditions, these pastimes have now become leisure and recreational activities. When Pioneer Sailing Trust looked into reintroducing the gig back to the waters off Essex, The Pioneer Sailing Trusts shipwright at the time adapted the design for it to be built to specification, enabling apprentices to handcraft the great rowing racing gigs that we see today beginning with ‘Velocity’ in December 2011. It’s similar to the six-oared 32ft (9.75m) Cornish Pilot Gig, but smaller in size at 24ft (7.31m) for four rowers and a coxswain. The Harker’s Yard Gig now enables people of all ages and abilities with an opportunity to get on the water.
Now the fitting out of the boat begins. It begins from the bottom of the boat upwards with the strengthening of the floor, the seats (thwarts), knees – that support the seats, the gunnels – the ‘handrails’ around the topsides.
Once the gigs have been fitted out, it then gets moved into the paint container; the process starts with undercoat to effectively protect the timber, it’s usually an epoxy paint which seals it, and then the top coats are applied and can done in various colours. Building The Harkers Yard Gig The cold moulded construction process of the gig starts with the boat upside down with the backbone (keel). This is then placed onto the upturned mould (plug) where the hull of the boat is skinned (shaped and built) with three layers stripped mahogany wood placed diagonally connected to the backbone. The first layer is stapled; the second is glued - held with battens whilst the glue dries, a third glued layer is also then applied.
Left: The mould in which the boat is skinned to. Right: The diagonally stripped layers applied and attached to the keel – the backbone of the boat.
Though the traditional Harker’s Yard Gig is built from wood, GRP is becoming popular in modern boat building. Working with a local company, the apprentices can now construct GRP versions. This is to enable the apprentices to understand the processes behind GRP builds. For the clubs, it is cheaper and quicker to produce; it becomes an affordable alternative for new and existing clubs, preserving the wooden boats for racing, and making the rowing accessible for more people to enjoy getting on the water.
All pictures © Pioneer Sailing Trust
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HARKER’S YARD GIG Establishing A Demand For The Harker’s Yard Gig Pioneers apprentices have built the boats but now there needed to be clubs and community to row them! Unfortunately, there was very little in the way of coastal rowing clubs in the area… this is where Pioneer Sailing Trust pioneered a plan to change that.
The Naming Of A Harker’s Yard Gig The idea is to take the name of an old Smack - a 19th Century 70ft Essex Smack fishing sailing vessel; about 250 were active off the Essex coast. It is encouraged that the names of the Harker’s Yard Gig reuses the name of a Smack, re-living their name in the new gig for example Velocity, Vanduara.
In the local area, there are many sailing clubs dotted along the East of England wide rivers and estuaries including the River Crouch, River Blackwater, River Colne, River Stour and the coast line itself. In the winter, most of the sailing club member’s boats are out of the water for winter maintenance/storage, if only there was something these clubs could offer their members to get on the water, keeping them engaged in those winter months?
Making the Harker’s Yard Gig Oars Creating A Scene! Another process to the gig making is to make the oars. It adds another job and another aspect of building the gigs for the apprentices. They’re made of an Obeche wood core, and they’re then sandwiched with Douglas Fir planks, and then shaped.
There are hollow points inside to save weight, the intention is to make competitive oars rather than buying them from a conventional oar maker to try and keep the whole process in-house for the apprentices.
Pioneer Sailing Club needed a way to bring everyone together with their boats and a demand for the boats to keep the apprentices busy! Pioneer Sailing Trust provided the guidance, helped those interested in establishing a rowing division at a sailing club and those wishing to develop a separate rowing club, advice on funding, and giving the newly formed clubs the basis in order to kick-start their journey. The Harker’s Yard Gig has helped to revolutionise the scene by engaging not only the sailing club members to get back at the helm or grabbing an oar, but brought in the local community too. Its popularity soon exploded with 15 clubs dotted along the coastline with 20 wooden boats and 5 GRP fibreglass to date, all this in the matter of a few years!
Feeding The Need To Race
The oars of sandwiched planks of wood are crafted into shape from the handle, shaft and to the blade itself.
With a demand now present, there was the need to fuel that competitive spirit within the clubs. These eager rowers needed a league and to keep these sailing club members entertain in the long winter months – the Winter Series was born. Pioneer Sailing Trust met the need and formed the foundations of the Harkers Yard Gig Association to govern the racing rules, league, guidance and advice.
All Pictures © Pioneer Sailing Trust
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HARKER’S YARD GIG Bringing It To Them
Race Days Race days can attract over 300 rowers, plus spectators – a lucrative trade for the clubs and sailing clubs in the winter months! Starting in October, the winter series brings the enjoyment of rowing, socialising with new found friends, with a club atmosphere, a community coming together. Due to the demand, there is now a summer series league.
In a Sailing Club there’s normally a bar and a place to socialise and it is normally where everyone goes especially when cold outside, therefore the racing needed to be bought to them. With Trackers on the boats, TV Screens displaying the tracker and live drone footage, marques in outdoor areas, the racing can be viewed even when out of sight Felicity at the Pioneer Sailing Trust says that they are always researching ways to involve people who are not actually being there, in turn engaging and making the sport more accessible, and expanding the growing demand further afield helps in creating employment for young workers, developing new skills and experiences, and opening new opportunities for all on and off the water. Pioneer has been instrumental in leading the way in developing the coastal rowing scene on the East of England coast with the fixed-seat Harker’s Yard Gig. The gigs themselves are popular, sold to local rowing clubs, and can really see why fixed seat four-oared coxed rowing is spreading out across the country. They’re brilliant, they’re affordable, beautifully made, handcrafted, developing skills and employment opportunities, they’re a great size and perfect for small clubs. The future is looking good for Harker’s Yard Rowing Gigs and its skilled apprentices.
For more information on the following, please click on the below:
www.pioneerck18.org Harker’s Yard Gig All pictures and Pioneer Sailing Trust logo © Pioneer Sailing Trust
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THE RESULTS
2021
Overall Winners:
SWISS RAW 34 Days 23 Hours 42 Minutes
2021 In no particular order…
58 Days 1 Hour 11 Minutes
51 Days 14 Hours 43 Minutes
37 Days 8 Hours 58 Minutes
74 Days 15 Hours 2 Minutes
42 Days 4 Hours 54 Minutes
37 Days 17 Hours 44 Minutes
40 Days 13 Hours 5 Minutes
37 Days 12 Hours 45 Minutes
37 Days 4 Hours 29 Minutes
51 Days 11 Hours 41 Minutes
53 Days 3 Hours 42 Minutes
42 Days 3 Hours 24 Minutes
40 Days 5 Hours 30 Minutes
51 Days 17 Hours 26 Minutes
39 Days 7 Hours 20 Minutes
41 Days 10 Hours 57 Minutes
75 Days 10 Hours 6 Minutes
DNF – Due to injury
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2021 In no particular order…
42 Days 7 Hour 17 Minutes
41 Days 2 Hour 44 Minutes
70 Days 19 Hour 29 Minutes
51 Days 3 Hours 48 Minutes
40 Days 11 Hours 25 Minutes
36 Days 3 Hours 33 Minutes
45 Days 7 Hours 25 Minutes
36 Days 24 Minutes
50 Days 2 Hours 56 Minutes
40 Days 12 Hours 33 Minutes
38Days 13 Minutes
40 Days 37 Minutes
59 Days 2 Hours 39 Minutes
40 Days 4 Hours 7 Minutes
40 Days 23 Hours 57 Minutes
34 Days 23 Hours 42 Minutes
55 Days 1 Hours 9 Minutes
43 Days 8 Hours 28 Minutes
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OCEAN ROWING READY, ROW! USA PODCAST ATLANTIC CHALLENGE It's back! Rannoch Open Day: Saturday 2
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Don't miss out! Limited spaces left! Rannoch Adventures 2022 FREE OPEN DAY will take place on Saturday 2nd April 2022, from 11am - 4pm. This is THE one stop shop for the full range of ocean rowing services.
MARCH 2 POPUP LIVE: TEAM WREKIN ROWING! WATCH HERE! 2ND MARCH @ 5PM GMT (12PM ET) MARCH 4 POPUP LIVE: TEAM PACIFIC BOYS! WATCH HERE! 4TH MARCH @ 6PM GMT (1PM ET)
For more details, please visit: www.rannochadventure.com ATLANTIC CHALLENGE: A WHALE OF A ROW! Ready, Row! USA #110 –
Ocean Rowing Taster Days - bookings OPEN for 2022 Don't miss out! Limited spaces left! Six new dates for ocean rowing taster days in 2022. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis, limited spaces available. Don't miss out! This is a one day ocean rowing experience day, ideal for anyone who has rowed before and wants to try out an ocean rowing boat under the supervision of a qualified Rannoch Adventure Coach. For more details, please visit: www.rannochadventure.com
Tues. March 8, 2022, 23:59 GMT (7pm ET) Catch the Livestream recording on the Ready, Row! USA YouTube channel & subscribe on your favourite podcast apps: Spotify, Google, Apple, Stitcher, SoundCloud, & more!
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NEW BOAT: Rannoch Adventure announce the RX45 Pictured right under construction. This sleeker, faster and lighter carbon fibre ocean rowing boat replaces our classic R45. It caters for 3 tall rowers all rowing at the same time, the front cabin has more leg room and the aft cabin has more volume. The hull is thinner and longer and the flatter bottom section means it will surf waves better. We're anticipating records to be broken in this next generation ocean rowing boat.
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The boat will be unveiled at the Rannoch Adventure open day where there will be a very special surprise guest!
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WHALEBOAT C23
ot all rowing has to be about racing - adventure Nawaits! Imagine packing your camping gear, you and your companion head off onto the water exploring on your own little expedition, find a nice beach that looks perfect for a night under the stars at the water’s edge. Then there’s the worry of conditions getting choppy and demanding, you want the peace of mind that your boat is designed to handle these conditions. Introducing the Whaleboat C23 Adventure Rowboat. Every craft is a labour of love, where every boat at Whaleboat Boatbuilding is built in-house in the workshop in Belgium.
With 3 rowers, or 2 rowers and an optional sweep on board there’s still plenty of room left for backpacks, safety gear, tent, anchor and much more. WHALEBOAT C23 SPECIFICATIONS Length: Beam: Weight: Rowers: Technique:
23 feet / 6.9 m 5.5 feet / 1.7 m 155 lbs / 70 kg 2-3 Sculling, optional Sweep on-board
Construction: Carbon Fibre, Kevlar, Epoxy, Foam sandwich; Vacuum infused. Water tight Compartments: 6
Left: The Carbon Fibre layer in the mould. Right: A layer of Kevlar applied onto the Carbon layer.
Only the best materials are used for the Whaleboat C23: marine grade aluminium, stainless steel bearings, polyurethane wheels and carbon fibre hull and deck. The Carbon Fibre, Kevlar, Epoxy, Foam sandwich construction creates the stiffest and lightest boat, weighing only 70 kilo. Through a vacuum infusion building process the resin to fibre ratio is optimised, and weak spots (air pockets) are eliminated, resulting in a superior end product. The interchangeable seats enables the boat to be rowed for sculling or sweep rowing. All pictures and Whaleboat logo © Whaleboat
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WHALEBOAT C23 When heading out to sea, you want peace of mind. The Whaleboat C23 design incorporates safety considerations: The width of the C23 makes rowing higher seas more relaxed. The freeboard height is designed to offer better protection against wind and waves. Six watertight compartments keep the boat floating, even when filled with water to the gunwales. Boat design without outriggers reduces the risk of injury. The high, flared bow prevents the boat from nosediving and lifts it up when going over a big wave. The long midsection is designed to collect white water and keep the balance low and centered. The midsection is self-draining to get the water out fast. An optional pump can help get the job done even faster. A boat that is for ease to enable one to get rowing without the fuss of setting up the boat, or carrying a tool kit. A boat designed with the rower in mind, its design is for simplicity You only need one type of screwdriver needed to rig the whole boat!
For more information about Whaleboat and the C23, please visit their website:
There’s an integrated rubber rail around the boat acts as a fender, giving you complete protection whilst docking. No need to worry when towing to the next adventure: the strong stainless steel padeye makes it an easy job; no need to mess around with ropes around outriggers or other complex constructions, it’s a boat for ease.
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The stainless steel oar locks are indestructible and fuss-free. Below Left: The Whaleboat C23 with an outbound motor attached; Below Right: Rowing in the Norwegian Fjords
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WORLD ROWING TOUR 2022
READY, SET, ROW In The Bay of Quinte and 1000 Islands
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Great Lake, one bay, and more than a thousand islands! Ontario Adventure Rowing and World Rowing look forward to welcoming those who have signed up to experience the unique landscapes and waterways of South-eastern Ontario in the fall of 2022. From September 10th till the 18th, 2022, the Bays and Islands World Rowing Tour will host more than 50 longdistance adventure rowers from around the world. Teams of rowers will travel from Brighton to Mallorytown over the course of a week, experiencing the beauty of the Bay of Quinte and the 1000 Islands.
World Rowing, the international governing body for the sport of rowing, supports Rowing for All – the idea that rowing is an accessible touring, recreation, and fitness activity for people of all ages and experience levels. The flagship event of its Rowing for All Commission is a week-long tour, organized in a different country each year. ‘Bays and Islands’ will be the third World Rowing Tour hosted by Canada, and the first in South Eastern Ontario. The tour is organized by Ontario Adventure Rowing (OAR) and supported by Rowing Canada Aviron (RCA). The participants will enjoy breath-taking views from the water in addition to many opportunities to experience this beautiful region and all that it has to offer - from waterfront vistas, beaches, and wineries to the cultural heritage as featured recently in Vogue and Condé Nast Traveller magazines. Waterfront festivals held along the way will bring together rowers and spectators while showcasing and celebrating Ontario’s waterways and water sports.
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WORLD ROWING TOUR 2022 The rowers will be in coxed quads: boats with four people sculling with two oars each and one person steering. These boats are designed with watertight compartments and are virtually unsinkable. Opening ceremonies will be held on September 10, 2022 in Belleville, Ontario. Rowing will commence September 11 with September 17 being the last day on the water, followed by a closing ceremony held that evening in Kingston, Ontario. The Bays and Islands Tour will be run by volunteers, mainly members from OAR and rowing/water sport clubs along the route. “Our members are so excited to welcome rowers from around the world for this tour,” says Peter Jepson of Ontario Adventure Rowing. “We expect that this tour will elevate the international profile of our region for sport tourism, and will showcase the Bay of Quinte and the 1000 Islands as a great place for recreation, for young and old alike.”
To learn more about the Bays and Islands World Rowing Tour, please visit the official website:
www.worldrowingtour2022.ca To learn more about Ontario Adventure Rowing, please visit their website:
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SOMERSET 525
Somerset 525 Indoor Rowing Championships entries are open! ►Portishead Pilot Gig Club, Somerset 525 ollowing a highly successful inaugural event in F2021 with over 350 entrants from all over the globe, the Somerset 525 Indoor Rowing Championships is again taking place this year on March 25 – 27th.
Entrants can row at home, work, or at the gym, they just have to make sure it’s on a Concept 2, and then send in the finished screenshot. Results will announced at the end of the weekend.
Hosted by Portishead Gig Club, the Somerset 525 is open to anyone from club water rowers, competitive indoor rowers to fitness enthusiasts or complete beginners.
Signing up is easy, you’re in control of the hard part – rowing it!
Following the same winning formula as last year, entrants will have the opportunity to enter one, two or three of the races available. The weekend of racing will begin on the Friday with 5k, move on to 2k on the Saturday and will finish with the 500m on the Sunday. The Juniors will also race 525m on the Sunday. With team and individual options available and a variety of age categories from Junior to Masters, including Adaptive categories, the Somerset 525 is suitable for all.
You can sign up via Facebook
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With the World Pilot Gig Championships looming at the end of April, the on-the-water season is about to begin so it’s time to see how you have progressed with your winter training competing against others in a virtual world! It’s a great way of measuring your fitness and keeping you motivated. So why not sign up today, bring your crew mates and join in the fun!
Who are Portishead Pilot Gig Club? Portishead Pilot Gig Club is a small friendly rowing club, set up in 2017, now boasting a membership of around 70 rowers. Based in the sheltered waters of Portishead Marina or the choppy and challenging conditions of the Bristol Channel, Portishead Gig Club also competes regularly in regattas around the South West.
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FEATURED CLUB
The Club With A Taste For ADVENTURE
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LOWER THAMES ROWING CLUB living in a coastal area, you want to get on Wthehenwater and enjoy it with likeminded people. But what happens when your area doesn’t have one a coastal rowing club? Avid adventurer Ron Sverdloff – who interestingly travelled around the world in a double-decker bus with 7 mates, went on a quest to bring the amazing sport of coastal rowing to Leigh-on-Sea. In 2003, the Lower Thames Rowing Club was formed as a traditional fixed seat, coastal rowing club. It has since become a unique rowing club that was initially based on adventure rowing but now encompasses all aspects of rowing, including inter club coastal racing (as a club we have won many trophies in the London's Great River Race), social, continental rowing holidays, and what still is the backbone of the club, adventure rowing. LTRC is the only club in the UK to have covered thousands of miles on the British and continental rivers, canals (some long closed to navigate and overgrown, such as the "Lost Wey To The Sea") and estuaries, using several boats with large crew numbers. We have always created a spectacle wherever we go, especially in some most unusual places, such as long tunnels, flights of locks and rowing on canals where the water has been drained - and having to row on a little residual water and the slippery mud! These and many other situations have often attracting the attention of passers-by and the local press.
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On one of our many adventures, that started from near Welshpool on the (officially unnavigable) upper reaches of the River Severn to Leigh On Sea (via Bristol, Bath, the Kennet and Avon to Reading and London, then down the Thames) an unexpected situation developed after our overrunning bank side barbecue left us running out of daylight as all five boats approached the famous Iron Bridge. Although the river was in flood, and fast flowing, it was smooth - well until in the darkness we could hear turbulent water! We had unexpectedly come across a series of large boulders with white water gushing between them. It turned out to be a canoe slalom that had been constructed, however all five boats survived intact to the credit of all crews!
We have also rowed on numerous numbers of canals including from Liverpool across the Pennines to Boston via the Leeds-Liverpool canal etc.
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FEATURED CLUB A real community club who through lockdown we didn't let it stop us rowed together on our machines at home (as a crew one day we all rowed the equivalent from UK to France), we created a virtual pub night - the rowers arm. We adapted to continue connecting.
To help develop the club we have successfully applied for bids enabling us to develop our fleet and we also make use of our local community centre, including doing a talk open to the community about the local shipwreck of the 1656 in London. We all love rowing and it's great to work with some amazing people all with one goal to get more people out on the water and introduce them to the wonderful world of rowing. Our club has a joint chairman (Simon Roberts) and Chairwoman (Anne Gunn) who have both grown the club. Anne has worked hard to have attract and ensure we make Rowing as inclusive as possible also ensuring we target our juniors, BAME and pride communities. Rowing is for all ages, we have rowers from 16 up to those in their 80s. It's such a great exercise for not only your body, but for you mind. Rowing should be a mental health tool that everyone should try. Simon has pushed us and taught us how to read charts, navigate tides and on his endurance rows we have rowed from Leigh-on-Sea to Burnham-on-Crouch, Whitstable and back 50-60 mile rows. We have some longer rows planned this year so watch this space. This year we have our new boat Arion, she is a Six-oar Cornish Pilot Gig and she is a great addition to our ever growing fleet. We have members all working hard for the common goal - from a soon to be British Rowing Coach and also bosuns who have been working hard on getting the boats ready, club members who have made new innovative reasonable trailers. To our duty officers who set up all our rows. We have grown to over 120 members and with around 30 more people wanting to come and try a taster row and our Learn to Rows. We are continuing to expand.
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For more information on the Lower Thames Rowing Club, please visit their website:
www.lowerthames.co.uk Article by Sheila MacGee; All pictures and LTRC logo © Lower Thames Rowing Club.
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