How does this boat compare to others in our fleet? It is the next size down from the JC and DB heavyweight boats, designed to replace the similar-sized Elwha midweight that is aging out. The Fluidesign midweight is meant to carry rowers averaging 165 pounds with no rower over 190. That means it can accommodate about 85% of the rower height and weight that the JC and DB can fit. Fluidesign Elite quad stock photo showing the bow-mounted rigger design. You can see it in videos and larger still...

Ready to launch. Lauren Olsen (left to right) consults with co-cox Bill Mahoney as fellow cox trainees Jodi Stone and Dylan Rauch look on during the club's 2026 coxswains training program. Already in sync. Coxswain trainees Ashley Mackenzie (left to right) and Andrew Rauch with co-cox Kathy Woods-Smith in seat 2 and new coxswain Mark Ehrhardt in seat 1. What ferry wash? Mark's looking pretty chill here taking his crew through the ferry wash for the first time. Kathleen Sailer, one of the...

Hi, I'm Oct, short for Octuple. I'm 62 feet of gleaming Western Red Cedar. I was born in 1976. You may have rowed me on a Thursday morning this summer. But, as they say, it had been a minute since I had traveled out of Port Townsend. Well, since 2014 to be exact. I remember my first two glorious road trips with the club that year, first as my Oct self to Portland's Ross Island. "The Oct won first overall and first in its class, beating Portland's Oct," recalled Kathleen Sailer, who coxed. She...