Expedition Rowing

"Do the Hart van Holland," my Dutch marathon rowing buddies told me. "It's in the Green Heart area and it's really ...

Years ago, I coxed a crew which was interviewed for a student magazine, and we all had to put down our hobbies and ambitions. One bloke, wit...

The strapline for this blog is "going beyond regattas and head races", so what is a post about racing doing here? Well, it's...

When it comes to challenges of any kind, the enormity of the challenge is depends on the individual as well as what it actually involves. ...

For those of us who grew up in English-speaking homes in the 1960s and 70s, long before the days of Wikipedia, our early education was shap...

The Netherlands is a short flight from the southern UK and their weather is similar to ours, but their rowing clubs are practically on a d...

Today I was lucky enough to be taken out for a "taster session" in a Cornish Pilot Gig (in Hampshire, but you can eat Cornish Past...

You plan, you train, you organise, and then you struggle, you overcome and you achieve! And what is it that other people want to know abou...

Back around 1968, when leisure activities in some circles was focused on peace and love, a visionary, benevolent and – crucially – wealthy m...

When it comes to expedition rows, I'm generally drawn towards the more challenging end of the spectrum. But despite involving more tim...

What with sofas for marshals; floating bananas; llamas; a 25km row to the start; mid-race chips; a stork on a stick; loads of students who...

When an Olympic rowing medallist describes somewhere as "Everything you could imagine paradise to be, and we rowed there", it...

Several people have asked me recently what expedition rowers do in the Winter. Despite partly subscribing to the maxim "There's no ...

The start: I just love a good melée. © Maxcomm Communication One of the questions I find I'm most often asked after completing a ...

Take this quick 10-question test to find out whether you're a normal rower who merely likes reading about expedition rowing, a potential...

The successful completion of an expedition row boils down to the rowers taking a lot of strokes. A LOT of strokes. But good coxing can play ...

A 60km rowing race, in a historic style of wooden boat, through beautiful countryside, in the height of summer. On reflection, our hastily-t...

Expedition rows can come in all shapes and sizes. And fond as I am of more epic challenges, there are only so many of those you can plan and...

For most of us, long distance rowing is demanding on the back. The good news, though, is that help IS available, and I don't just mean t...

Expedition rowing is not like "normal" rowing. Sure, you sit in a the same kind of boat, and do the same kind of stuff with the ...