“You’re in line now. Breathe deep.” The words come over the water in the low, reassuring tones of Dick Kuntz, coxswain of an eight-oared rowing shell. Seen from the banks of the Occoquan Reservoir, ...

The work of these men has been fully as poor in the four-oared boats as it was when they were rowing in eights ... proficiency in the art of steering to keep the boat in line and on its keel ...

it is a work of art, an expression of the human spirit with its unbounded hunger for the ideal, for beauty, for purity, for grace." In rowing there are four primary types of shells used ...

In early morning light, this party of men and women launch the Ariel, a rowing shell named for a Baltimore sporting tradition once as well known as the Preakness. From 1864 through the 1930s ...

PORT TOWNSEND — If you want to win a rowing event, choose a state-of-the-art racing shell made out of carbon fiber. But if your goal is to look good, turn heads and have fun, nothing beats a ...

Costello was in Port Townsend on Friday to take delivery of a new Pocock rowing shell just like Pocock used to build. “It’s a work of art,” Costello said. “And it’s a great rowing boat.” ‘Pocock Eight ...

He talked about learning the art of rowing, about shells and oars, about tactics and technique. He reminisced about long, cold hours on the water under steel-gray skies, about smashing victories ...

who directs the crew through an entire rowing session, starting with taking the unwieldy 60-foot shell out of the boathouse. We inched closer to the white line edging the slippery, floating dock.

PORT TOWNSEND — If you want to win a rowing event, choose a state-of-the-art racing shell made out of carbon fiber. But if your goal is to look good, turn heads and have fun, nothing beats a George ...