The club recently travelled by car, bike and plane for its first foray over the Irish Sea to the Skiffiefest Regatta on Strangford Lough, venue of the 2016 Skiffie Worlds. The 3-day regatta was superbly hosted by Down Coastal Rowing Association, with 20 clubs from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Netherlands joining in the fun. The …
With the wind blowing a herd of white horses across the Forth there was some trepidation about whether the Port Seton regatta, run by Boatie Blest, would go ahead on Saturday 13th August…..It was a go! and 9 clubs turned up to take part in an inspiring day of racing. We had strong teams going …
By Jen Wilson The Broughty Ferry Regatta was held on Saturday 30th of May with 23 of our members heading along to take part. The club were looking forward to some great racing but also for some of their now legendary catering! We weren’t disappointed with breakfast rolls, gorgeous soups, sausage rolls and macaroni pies just …
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A report from bosun Phil Robertson On the weekend of 16th May three club members accepted the invitation from Coigach CRC to attend their Sail and Oar event. This was a rowing and sailing voyage around the isle of Tanera Mor, followed by a BBQ on the island. Welcomed at the event were the tall …
29 members waited anxiously on Sunday morning here whether Eskmuthe Regatta would go ahead. Following a final email confirmation, we were off to Fisherrow for a day of racing. At the coxes’ briefing we were warned of the variable conditions with a gusting westerly wind resulting in choppy conditions, but reassured with the presence of …
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 …