Rowingchat

Join coxswain Kim Degutis, (Riverside Rowing Club, Cambridge, MA USA) as we talk head racing and tips for coxing masters crews. Dive deep as we talk - what's different about coxing masters - how to get a group who want to row eights - advice to anyone wanting to start coxing masters 01:00 Rowing genealogy from our past. Marlene's ancestors were in the first families of Newfoundland, Canada. Alfred Royle was at Ottawa Rowing Club pre WW2. Rebecca's Great Grandfather, WD Caroe Rowed for the First Trinity BC in 1880s. They won the Ladies Plate coxed fours event at St Neots Amateur Regatta winning a solid silver medal. Which Rebecca now owns. 05:00 When Marlene started rowing in 1977 Westside RC, Buffalo was the only club in town compared to 1900 when there were 11 rowing clubs. 08:00 Kim Degutis working with the mens masters sweep group of 19 athletes. How Kim got back into rowing - "I saw a single oar with a broken collar and picked it up and returned it to the club and met the crew." 10:30 My first stroke