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,...

Another Wooden Boat Festival for the scrapbook. Congratulations to all the winners! And a BIG thank you to Sally Steve and all who made...

Standing l to r. siblings Richard (Dick), George and Lucy. Seated sister Julia (Ju), Kathleen (Kath) and father Aaron (Fred) Pocock....

This year’s Nordland row was a challenge in a Summer of what seems like less-than-Summer weather and lower-than-low tides.   Initially...

Dear Rats, Kala Point neighbors, and friends, We were honored by your presence at the christening and official launching of our new boat...

Congratulations once again this year go to first place finishers, the awesome foursome in Rainer Storb’s custom Maas quad: Theresa Batty...

In the closest finish ever recorded in a trial, Harvard defeated this mighty Pennsylvania crew at Long Beach by less than a foot, earning...

Early last Summer, with still no word about when (or even if)  Daniel Brown’s bestseller  Boys in the Boat  movie would begin production,...

Tuesday March 22 the afternoon was swept up the stairs with festive airs as boaters migrated laden with tasty treats to share. The...

Heidi Danilchik (Lucy Pocock-Stillwell’s granddaughter) shared this article with us. “Sculling for Girls” (1906) It starts out as a puff...

While the rest of us were trifling with riggers and foot stretchers during the 2015 HOTL, Ted Shoulberg, Rat Island’s Most Interesting...

Guy Harper – The Quinault shell is the very Pocock boat that started my own interest in the rowing club at Port Townsend. I had taken my...

Jane was lucky enough to study under LWRC’s Hall of Fame coach Frank Cunningham – and last Friday we were lucky enough to have her share...

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...

OCT Restoration Fundraiser 2015 : Grand Prize Recipient Experience By Kathleen Sailer: Last Spring the Oct Restoration campaign was...

For the complete albums of of Mike Sweeney’s incredible photos, go here and here (and don’t forget to give him a great big thanks in...

THE RACE The 2015 Wooden Boat Festival Rowing Race for all human powered boats went off without a hitch. We had 18 entrantants in...

High rates and hard pulling, when combined with bad rowing, do not make a boat go fast. – Stan Pocock Way Enough p.239 There is so much...

By Sally Giesler A whole new interest in wooden racing shells has taken off these days since the bestselling book The Boys in the Boat by...

It was the perfect day – light wind and almost glass calm in spots. As we splashed around in our own backyard  paddling pool, a blanket...