As of Thursday 19th, Blackadder is back in action after months of extensive TLC. She has been sanded, sanded, sanded, painted, varnished, new stroke footrest fitted, and is looking good. Many thanks to the various club members who took time to provide the necessary effort in producing such good work. Our boats cannot survive unless …
(Thanks to Ann Hume for the report) Our journey to Alnmouth started on the Friday evening with boat packing at the dinghy park in the dark, an interesting experience and nothing was forgotten. Thanks to Dave and Mary-Ann Wishart who kindly towed the boat for us the next morning. 18 rowers made their way to …
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By Amanda Mustard It all started with an offer to Claire from Kees van Vugt in the Netherlands. And before we knew it, 5 unsuspecting members of NBRC ( Ann, Claire, Sandy, Amanda and Duncan) found themselves signed up for something called The Flanders Tideway Race. Race distance? No one knew, 28km? or 40km? The WhatsApp …
Earlier this year Claire Cadoux and I chatted about taking a skiff to new waters for a weekend. We knew that others had done this, but didn’t really know how to go about it. The start was of course to speak to those others. This gave us some ideas to pursue a plan. We followed …
…words by your on the water reporter Duncan McKay, and more photos and videos from the crews on Flickr here St Ayles Skiff Adventure at the Great River Race 2025 If rowing around Craigleith in a headwind feels daft, then towing a St Ayles skiff 400 miles all the way to London for 21 miles …
by Jacque Turner We watched the weather all week to see if the revised date for Eskmuthe would happen. Skiff Blackadder was lovingly packed up on Friday. Could anyone remember what else we needed? The wonderful Wisharts collected a trailer from Port Seton, thank you. Saturday dawned brighter than expected. We were all positive, but …
This is the article penned by Sandy Wallace for the East Lothian Courier here. (photos courtesy of Andy Grant here on Flickr) More than 300 rowers and enthusiasts gathered at the West Beach for North Berwick Rowing Club’s 15th annual regatta at the end of last month. The popular event in the coastal rowing calendar …
In this world of social media there are many sources of updates/photos/comments on Skiffie World’s 2025. So rather than write an article, further down we have used some of your words from various sources to reflect on a fantastic week in Stranraer. But first…. Our fantastic medals winners gallery! 6th out of 78 clubs in …
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And so to the last day of racing with the U17 finals and the Open Men and Women heats and finals. Conditions were fine for racing if a little hotter than before. Some NB folks on hols in the Mediterranean seeing comparative temperatures. North Berwick Under 17 Mixed final crew worked hard in the heat …
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1140. 60+ Mixed. Our strong crew got confidence from hauling in Sketrick in the final 500m to come 3rd behind Dundrum and Vijf Zalmen. A tough heat and into the final as one of the fastests boats. 1340. NBRC Open Mixed qualified for the final with a fast time. Job done, both mixed crews through …