Rat Island Regatta 2021
This year’s Regatta challenge started well before the horn went off. The logistics due to COVID restrictions called for some creative...
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Francine Rose
- Jun 14, 2020
- 1 min
Rat Island (faux) Regatta 2020
Well what can be said about 2020? The Year of the Rat turned into the Year of the Bat, leaving us all dazed, confused and quarantined....
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Francine Rose
- Nov 4, 2019
- 1 min
HOTL 2019
What a glorious day for HOTL, considering the weather anxiety LWRC must face, holding a race of this magnitude in November! A big thanks...
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Peggy Myre
- Oct 23, 2019
- 10 min
Rat Islanders Go Extreme Distances to Row in a Foreign Land
Log of the RIRSC trip to Budapest for the International Master’s Regatta September 2019 more pictures here Elevan RIRSC rowers (Connie,...
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Francine Rose
- Oct 3, 2019
- 1 min
Sequim Bay Regatta 2019
Another fun year at the Sequim Bay Reach & Row for Hospice event. Some of us were late to the starting line. Some of us had to back up...
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Francine Rose
- Sep 8, 2019
- 2 min
Wooden Boat Festival 2019
Although the Wooden Boat regatta is an annual event, this year felt a little different. I noticed lots of new faces who are quickly...
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Francine Rose
- Jul 27, 2019
- 1 min
K.I.S.S. regatta 2019
Initially just a “ham’n’egger” (boats contain sweep rowers drawn from different clubs), the nice folks at Kitsap Rowing Association ...
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Francine Rose
- Jun 24, 2019
- 1 min
Rat Island Regatta 2019
After a cold wet morning, the fog lifted for ideal rowing conditions – relatively flat water and nice cool temps for rowing....
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Francine Rose
- Jun 16, 2019
- 5 min
Seventy48 ’19
Ever a source of inspiration, the intrepid rowers of Port Townsend (and Seattle) all entered (and finished!) this year’s...
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Francine Rose
- Nov 10, 2018
- 1 min
HOTL 2018
What a difference a year makes! Last year the weather was so bad, the Rats didn’t even make it across the Hood Canal bridge, and the...
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Francine Rose
- Sep 22, 2018
- 1 min
Sequim Bay Race – 2018 Reach & Row for Hospice
This was a totally new and totally delightful event nestled in the scenic (and calm!) waters of Sequim Bay hosted by the SBYC. Here was...
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Francine Rose
- Sep 17, 2018
- 1 min
Wooden Boat Festival 2018
For all of Debra Feinmans photos go here For all of Patti Hoyeki’s photos go here “Husky Challenger” 28:57 Jana-cox, ZoeAnn, Ann W,...
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Francine Rose
- Jun 25, 2018
- 1 min
Rat Island Regatta 2018
After wringing out the remaining wind from last year’s regatta, the sun came out, the wind died down and everyone had fun. Thank you...
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Peggy Myre
- Sep 19, 2017
- 6 min
Masters Regatta in Lake Bled, Slovenia
Photos by Peggy and Kate Franco. (read about the regatta here) Standing at the end of the road near the ski lift, the intrepid set of...
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Francine Rose
- Jun 6, 2017
- 2 min
Rat Island Regatta 2017
It was a bit rougher than last year. Times were a bit slower and crews were definitely wetter but it was a fun challenge and thank heaven...
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Mari Friend
- Mar 14, 2017
- 1 min
Mari vs. Crash-B 2017
February 16-13 was a big snowstorm in the eastern US, & CRASH-B, the 2K World Indoor Rowing Championships, was Sunday, the 12th in...
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Francine Rose
- Nov 7, 2016
- 1 min
HOTL 2016
Photo by Marilynn Goo What threatened to be a cancellation (or at least a soggy repeat of last year) turned into a lovely sunny day,...
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Francine Rose
- Jul 1, 2016
- 3 min
Rat Island Regatta 2016
Congratulations once again this year go to first place finishers, the awesome foursome in Rainer Storb’s custom Maas quad: Theresa Batty...
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Francine Rose
- Nov 10, 2015
- 2 min
HOTL 2015
We snuck this one in just under the wire during a week of gale warnings. Loading the boats was interesting as the small craft advisory...
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Francine Rose
- Sep 14, 2015
- 3 min
WBF – The Race & the Takeaway
THE RACE The 2015 Wooden Boat Festival Rowing Race for all human powered boats went off without a hitch. We had 18 entrantants in...
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