Monday Ian Baird With the first day of racing came all the nerves of rowing on a brand new course with unknown current, tide and wind fluctuations against unknown crews from around the world. Many of us had made the foolish assumption that the Irish clubs, being very new to the coastal rowing family, would …
When it comes to turning 50, our very own captain Jac is like the queen with 2 birthdays. The celebrations kicked off with an NBRC first, the five island tour (FIT). The overcoming of Jacque’s fear of everything that lurks beneath the sea was marked by the inflation of a marine creature and a photo …
William Topaz McGonagall, of Dundee has been widely hailed as the writer of the worst poetry in the English language. This sonnet may challenge this claim! By the banks of the Silvery TayWe had such a wonderful dayFor North Berwick a first trip to DundeeMade welcome with coffee and teaBacon rolls to sustain through the …
NBRC headed to the North East, to Portsoy, on the Moray Coast. Skiff racing there is only a small part of a traditional boat festival (fewer beards and brown sails than you might imagine, but lots of music, food, and busy crowds of happy people). I never got to meet the person on the PA, …
Just like last year, hardy souls from 9 Rowing clubs made the pilgrimage to Newhaven for the annual row/run/sail in the name of racing, powered by legs/wind/arms, and any other motive forces you may care to mention. Newhaven were fantastic in their organisation of the event. All participants were made to feel very welcome; drinks …
Musselburgh’s Riding of the Marches is a local tradition which goes back over 300 years where, once every 21 years, a procession of locals many on horseback travel around the old town boundaries cutting turfs and declaring ‘ It’s a’ oor ain.’ This year’s event is on Friday 29 July. Eskmuthe Rowing Club decided to …
A sizeable squad of North Berwick rowers made the annual pilgrimage to the seemingly perennial sunshine of Ullapool this weekend and emerged victorious having won the overall club shield for the very first time! As ever Ullapool Coastal Rowing Club ran a fantastically well organised and thoroughly enjoyable regatta with races taking place on the …
On Saturday 7th May, a team of six North Berwick rowers drove south in anticipation of the first Skiff circumnavigation of Lindisfarne. The haar was all around us, and the further we travelled, the more unlikely the trip looked. On arrival across the causeway , we were greeted by the friendly crews from Dunbar, Amble, …
An NBRC crew, coxed by David Davidson, spent a couple of chilly hours of the evening of Wednesday 11 May working with an RNLI crew, led by Simon Cowan, on techniques that could be involved in the rescue of a skiff by a lifeboat. A small but hardy bunch of members braved the biting east …
First decent evening of the year, better late than never, there wasn’t a woolly hat in sight and we had boats on the water from 6:00pm until dusk…starting with juniors, then a mixture of crews with some training for the forthcoming World Skiff Championships at Strangford Lough and other crews out for a leisurely paddle …