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 ...

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 ...

Instead, their father, Arthur Martin, took them out in newfangled fiberglass kayaks he designed and built himself. It was the early 1950s, when the only kayaks most people had seen were those paddled ...

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 ...

Thanks to tectonic shifts in technology and training, Olympic-level rowing has come a long way since the University of Washington’s eight-man crew pulled off the ultimate underdog win at the 1936 ...

With a few rallied dormmates, a donated leaky shell, a handwritten Constitution, a nearly-scorched barn, immense luck and even more hard work, Bob Ford built the Massachusetts men’s club rowing team ...

1 Human Performance Laboratory, University of California, Davis, California, USA Correspondence to: Dr Hawkins, One Shields Avenue, Room 275 Hickey Gym, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA ...