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On HTBS: "Moving From Stillness", a poem by Philip Kuepper.
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11 October 2025 By Philip Kuepper The rowers stood still,erect as a row of pines.They anchored the scenewith contained energy,while all around themflightiness ranged:the river, the woods, the town.…

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On HTBS: The Winklevoss Brothers Donate Record $6.5M to USRowing
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On HTBS: USRowing Medal of Honor Now the Anita DeFrantz Medal of Honor.
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USRowing Medal of Honor Now the Anita DeFrantz Medal of Honor

9 October 2025 USRowing has renames its highest honor as the Anita DeFrantz Medal of Honor. USRowing announced that its most prestigious recognition, formerly known as the Medal of Honor, will be …

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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · 9d

On HTBS: In a press release The National Rowing Foundation (NRF) announces the Class of 2025 National Rowing Hall of Fame® inductions. The ceremony will be at the NRF US Team Reunion Tent at the Head of the Charles Regatta on Saturday, October 18 at 4:00 PM.
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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · 11d

On HTBS: "Each Moment A Poem is Happening", a poem by Philip Kuepper.
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Each Moment A Poem is Happening

Photo: Stonington Crew Instagram 5 October 2025 By Philip Kuepper Glitter vests the entiretyof Mystic Riverthis sun-drowned September morning,on which vest sits pinned,like a brooch,a women’s…

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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · 18d

On HTBS: "Signing On For the Voyage", a poem by Philip Kuepper.
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Signing On For the Voyage

28 September 2025By Philip Kuepper I launch each word a crafton the lake of a poem,a craft strong enough to weatherwhatever the lake’s surfacewill deliver, from calm,to a sudden squall.A poem…

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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · 24d

On HTBS: Farewell River and Rowing Museum. We are sad to see you go.
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Journey’s End

Not any more. Sadly, Henley’s River and Rowing Museum (RRM) closed to the public on 21 September and has moved into a “mothballed” state to reduce the level of financial losses while the trustees a…

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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · 25d

On HTBS: "The Elevated Moment", a poem by Philip Kuepper.
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The Elevated Moment

21 September 2025 By Philip Kuepper Through the risen Mysticdrawbridge, this morning,passed the Flying Dutchman,passed the Fata Morgana.O!, what a sight!I couldn’t believe my eyes,though my m…

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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · 29d

Hello James, I just sent you Bill Miller's email address. Please send him an email. I hope you still have the gmail address I have on file. I will let him know that you will be in contact with him.

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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · 29d

On HTBS: In his essay “The Beaver and the Bird”, Edward H. Jones writes about three races between the Canadian professional sculling champion Edward “Ned” Hanlan and the American professional sculling champion Charles E. Courtney – a sculling rivalry mired in controversy.

The Beaver and the Bird

Three races, two oarsmen, and one sculling rivalry mired in controversy Canadian sculling champion Edward “Ned” Hanlan on left (“the Beaver”) and American sculling champion Charles E. Courtney on r…

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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · Sep 16

On HTBS: Ben Lowings writes about rowing a salmon seiner boat. Ben is a member of the Starcross Fishing and Cruising Club, which is a community-based sports and leisure club located on the western shores of the Exe Estuary in Starcross, south of Exeter in Devon.
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Rowing a Salmon Seiner – A Clunk or a Thunk?

A crew from the Starcross and Cruising Club. Photo courtesy of Scott Harrison-Jones (Click to enlarge.) 16 September 2025 By Ben Lowings*(text and drawings) Walking one afternoon down to the river,…

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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · Sep 15

On HTBS: Bill Miller writes about the Hillsdale RC Four, the Hillsdales, of Michigan, who out of nowhere became the 1879 National Amateur Champions. They continued their success the following years. However, they were ignored by the ARA when they went to England.
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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · Sep 14

On HTBS: "The Rower, Light" a poem by Philip Kuepper.
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The Rower, Light

14 September 2025 By Philip Kuepper Come morning, the worldlay scoured clean,bristle-brushed by the rainnight had witnessed fall.The docks dripped wet,and shone with a sheenlight looked at itself i…

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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · Sep 12

On HTBS: Part I - Tim Koch follows his 15th Coat and Badge, which was won by Coran Cherry from Globe Rowing Club.
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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · Sep 10

On HTBS: Anyone associated with rowing or boating in West London and the wider watermen’s community will be saddened to hear of the death, aged 83, of Chas Newens, ‘Chas the boat’. For many years Newens drove the umpire launch at the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race.
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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · Sep 7

On HTBS: "The Act in the Quiet", a poem by Philip Kuepper.
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The Act in the Quiet

7 September 2025 By Philip Kuepper It is early.Other than the roweronly quiet is up.To the eye, the waterlies still. Water is never still.It will lie glacial in its movement,but never still.Shell t…

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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · Sep 4

On HTBS: Carlos Dominguez is a member of the gig rowing club, the River Teign Rowing Club, in south Devon in the UK.
Carlos has written a poem, “Teign Spirit”, which reflects his love for gig rowing and the club.
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Teign Spirit

Gig rowing on the River Teign in south Devon, the UK. 4 September 2025 By *Carlos Dominguez Boats as old as industry.An imported Cornish history of coastal pilot gigs.Made real by the hard graft of…

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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · Sep 1

On HTBS: The next Library Rowing Book Talks at Leander Club will feature Olympian Tim Crooks, who will talk about his recently published "Driven by Demons: Bipolar Olympian". The talk will be on Thursday, 25 September at 7 – 9:30 p.m.
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Leander Library Book Talks: Olympian Tim Crooks

1 September 2025By Göran R Buckhorn Leander continues with the club’s popular Library Rowing Book Talks where authors come to talk about their rowing books. Next author coming up is Olympian Tim Cr…

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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · Aug 31

On HTBS: "Oars and the Man", a poem by Philip Kuepper.
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Oars and the Man

31 August 2025 By Philip Kuepper The shell swamped.Yes, well,that’s when rowersare meantto use their arms as oars. (20 August 2025)

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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · Aug 25

On HTBS: The jazz and pleasure boating festival "Les Rendez-vous de l’Erdre" starts today and takes place in 15 cities of the Nantes region in France. The festival goes on until August 31st, HTBS's Hélène Rémond writes.
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Jazz and Pleasure Boating on the River Erdre

Parade nautique. Photo © Jean-Michel Meunier 25 August 2025By Hélène Rémond A new edition of the jazz and pleasure boating festival Les Rendez-vous de l’Erdre takes place in 15 cities of the Nantes…

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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · Aug 24

On HTBS: "Caïque", a poem by Philip Kuepper.
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Caïque

Ottoman Imperial caïques in the Istanbul Naval Museum. Photo: Wikipedia 24 August 2025 By Philip Kuepper ‘Hmm?Well, okay.I’ll try a piece,but a small piece.I don’t want it sitting…

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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · Aug 20

On HTBS: A new rowing biography has seen the light of day: Edward J. Woodhouse’s 362-page "Joe Burk: An American Ideal". The book was supposed to come out in September, but the biography is already available on Amazon in the U.S. and the UK.
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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · Aug 11

On HTBS: Edward H. Jones asks why the sport of rowing has never graced a box of Wheaties®. How about putting the gold medal-winning American men’s coxless four from last summer’s Paris Olympics on the box.
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Why Not On The Box?

or Are Not Rowers Champions, Also? The fictional character Jack Armstrong, dubbed “The All-American Boy,” was created by General Mills in 1933 to promote Wheaties® on the product box, in print ads,…

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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · Aug 11

On HTBS: "Shellfish", a poem by Philip Kuepper.
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Shellfish

10 August 2025 By Philip Kuepper Rowers are shellfish.I smile at the thought.They are gritworked into pearls.And strung in a rowas they sit and row,they make a necklace.They are cultured,results of…

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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · Aug 7

On HTBS: "In the history of rowing, there can be no greater example of continuity than that provided by the Phelps family – particularly as regards their involvement in Doggett’s," Tim Koch writes. @richardphelps.bsky.social
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