Some of our most daring club members braved a bad forecast and headed off to participate in the first-ever Port Angeles Coastal Regatta Endurance race on Oct. 19, 2025. It wasn't dull. The word of the day was "intrepid." "All the common weather and wind conditions, except fog, happened during the approximately 7-mile long course race between Hollywood Beach and Ediz Hook," said Kathy Woods-Smith, who coxed the only club quad in the race. Course map from the Quad Some 22 rower

Rats came home victorious from the Sequim Bay Yacht Club Reach and Row for Hospice Row and Paddle Race fundraiser on Sept. 3, 2025. The Rat Island Rowing & Sculling Club brought home several blue ribbons and club boats were 5 of the top 6 overall finishers.

Eighteen club members ventured down to Poulsbo for the annual Kitsap Invitational Summer Scrimmage (KISS). This year it was an oval-shaped 4000m race on Liberty Bay, with one 180 degree turn. The KISS regatta is held each year to honor Bill Richards, founder of multiple rowing clubs including Kitsap Rowing Association.

Four Rats and two Nails (one shiny, one polished by time) represented Port Townsend at the Kitsap Invitational Summer Scrimmage, or KISS,...

This year’s Regatta challenge started well before the horn went off. The logistics due to COVID restrictions called for some creative...

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....

What a glorious day for HOTL, considering the  weather anxiety LWRC must face, holding a race of this magnitude in November! A big thanks...

Log of the RIRSC trip to Budapest for the International Master’s Regatta September 2019 more pictures here Elevan RIRSC rowers (Connie,...

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...

Although the Wooden Boat regatta is an annual event, this year felt a little different. I noticed lots of new faces who are quickly...

Initially just a “ham’n’egger” (boats contain sweep rowers drawn from different clubs), the nice folks at Kitsap Rowing Association ...

After a cold wet morning, the fog lifted for ideal rowing conditions – relatively flat water and nice cool temps for rowing....

Ever a source of inspiration, the intrepid rowers of  Port Townsend (and Seattle) all entered (and finished!) this year’s...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

February 16-13 was a big snowstorm in the eastern US, & CRASH-B, the 2K World Indoor Rowing Championships, was Sunday, the 12th in...