OXFORD >> Imagine if you’ve never flown on a jet larger than a 737, and suddenly find yourself on a Jumbo Jet. Or, imagine riding a 140-foot centipede. That’s more or less how members of the New Haven ...

If you are new to the sport of rowing, this Viewer’s Guide will give you the basics, beginning with the types of rowing and equipment. Sculling is the type of rowing in which athletes use two oars ...

Jun. 13—"Keep your hands loose — don't clutch the oars in a death grip. But don't ever let go of them, or you'll flip over." "Bend your knees slightly. Sit up straight." "Now pull gently. Nice and ...

Instructor: Deb McCabe, of Boulder, the founder of the Longmont Sculling Club. McCabe learned to row in Boston and competitively rowed at Northeastern University. She began with sweep rowing, using ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Although Kingston High’s crew team fell short of winning the Hudson Valley Rowing League Sculling Championship, several Tigers’ boats brought home gold and silver medals on Tuesday, ...

PITTSFIELD — Once settled into a single-person ocean shell at the Berkshire Rowing and Sculling Society on Onota Lake, I took a deep breath before Lauren Miller launched me out toward the open water.

In the beginning was the river. It served Native Americans as a highway, a food source, and as a social and spiritual nexus for at least 12,000 years. They called the conjoined rivers “pesce tegwe” or ...

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