Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association youth members practice on the waters of Port Angeles Harbor. The growing club seeks funds to purchase a more modern racing ...

Rowing, commonly known as crew, has been a part of American sport since the early 19th century. Though the athletes are a crucial part in determining a crew team’s success, the boat is equally as ...

EVERETT — Unless you’re into rowing, there’s a good chance that you’ve never heard of Pocock Racing Shells. But for many of the country’s athletes and amateurs, students and coaches, Pocock has been a ...

At Lake Hall in northeast Tallahassee, morning sunlight is lacing its way through the silhouettes of trees. Nearby on the bank, proceeding toward a long dock, come a mostly silent parade of men and ...

The racing shells his team used were the same as every university rowing team on the West Coast, and most on the East Coast, had used for decades: long, thin slips of cedar designed and built by ...

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND – For years, the Quinault cut through the waters of Puget Sound, a training platform for young rowers with a championship story to tell. The 62-foot wooden rowing shell has the scars ...

NEW HAVEN — Mike Vespoli has been either rowing or building racing shells — those sleek, missile-like boats that oarsmen and women propel for recreation and glory — for 52 of his 69 years. He was a ...

The weather was raw and wet on Saturday morning but the atmosphere was warm as the University of Washington took possession of a racing shell decorated with Olympic rings and the drawing of a gold ...

NEW HAVEN >> Mike Vespoli has been a team player all his life. So when it came time to transition to retirement, he picked a model that shifts the responsibility of ownership to the biggest team of ...

Although the Head of the Charles Regatta may get all the press, the Paralympic Regatta, a para-rowing competition for people with physical disabilities, takes place the same weekend. In order to ...

EVERETT — In the spring and early summer, John Tytus and his crew were praying for the return of college football. Tytus, the owner of Pocock Racing Shells, is a gridiron fan, for sure. But Pocock’s ...