This page is designed solely for items not directly linked to the well-known world of competitive rowing. Many of the links take you off the Rowing Service, and aren't particularly ordered.
In the UK, the unofficial Putney Town website Dreadnought combines the usual smut, gossip, news, pix and in-jokes with a viciously hard rowing trivia quiz.
In the UK, the real Richard and Judy (Packer, from Weybridge RC) have put together a guide to boat safety including a rogue's gallery of problems.
Mick Bragg is aiming
to be the first person to circumnavigate the earth under oar power, starting summer 1998, first leg California to Hawaii. His diaries are online at this link.
The Ocean Rowing Society with links to information and news about everything to do with oceanic rowing.
Online survey
from a guy intending to develop a "WaterBike".
Kalle Jonsson writes: -
"In sweden, especially province Hälsingland and Dalarna we have juge old
traditional church boats which was used when going to church a long time
ago, year 1800-1900.
Have you seen any similar when you have travelled around the world ? Do you
have any good sites to look into? If you go and look in
http://kvasir.se/se/sport/row/
and then go into Borlänge Roddklubb you see what kind of boats I mean.
Today we have competitions like Viking row competition (27 km) and other
shorter distances between provinces. If you have anything to tell please
contact me." KJ from Dellarnas Kyrkbåtsroddare.
The Ocean Rowing Society has
details of a millenial Atlantic Race which will take place in the year 2000.
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