Hear The Boat Sing

This website covers all aspects of the rich history of rowing, as a sport, culture phenomena, a life style, and a necessary element to keep your wit and stay sane.

Menu Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
  • Contributors
  • Rowing Books
  • Rowing Poetry
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Email
16 hours ago Mar 5, 2021Mar 5, 2021HTBS

Frivolously Friday: Cambridge, 1898

2 days ago Mar 4, 2021Mar 4, 2021HTBS

Throwback Thursday: Oxford 1912

4 days ago Mar 2, 2021Mar 2, 2021HTBS

HWR 2021: Keeping To Its Course

5 days ago Mar 1, 2021Mar 1, 2021HTBS

The 306th Doggett’s: History on Hold

6 days ago Feb 28, 2021Feb 27, 2021HTBS

Winter, Midpoint

7 days ago Feb 27, 2021Feb 27, 2021HTBS

Kara Kohler got her Ticket to Tokyo

1 week ago Feb 27, 2021Feb 26, 2021HTBS

Operation Varsity Blues Soon on Netflix

1 week ago Feb 26, 2021Feb 25, 2021HTBS

Stuck in the Toffs’ Pigeon Hole

1 week ago Feb 23, 2021Feb 24, 2021HTBS

Everyone Loves A Gold Cup

2 weeks ago Feb 22, 2021Feb 21, 2021HTBS

Venice: Standing Up for Women’s Rowing

2 weeks ago Feb 21, 2021Feb 21, 2021HTBS

The Rowing Mind

2 weeks ago Feb 20, 2021Feb 20, 2021HTBS

2021 FISA World Rowing Indoor Championships

Feb 19, 2021Feb 19, 2021HTBS

Lisa Taylor Webinar on Rowing

Feb 17, 2021Feb 16, 2021HTBS

Muttle’s Volte-Face

Feb 16, 2021Feb 17, 2021HTBS

The Curious Case of Doctor Dillon

Feb 15, 2021Feb 15, 2021HTBS

Henley 2021: Down But Not Out

Feb 15, 2021Feb 15, 2021HTBS

The Rixons: Oars, Poles, Dogs & Fists

Feb 14, 2021Feb 14, 2021HTBS

Happy Valentine’s Day

Feb 13, 2021Feb 12, 2021HTBS

Rowing up to the Dam

Feb 12, 2021Feb 11, 2021HTBS

The Ways We Go

Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021HTBS

NRF Gets New Board Members

Feb 8, 2021Feb 7, 2021HTBS

Donald Gollan: The Nearly Man

Feb 7, 2021Feb 6, 2021HTBS

Afterwards: A Narrative

Feb 5, 2021Feb 4, 2021HTBS

Harriman and Acheson: Fighting the Crimson and the Reds

Feb 4, 2021Feb 4, 2021HTBS

Guy Rixon: The Writing Sculler

Feb 3, 2021Feb 2, 2021HTBS

Percy Hansen: Valour Personified

Feb 2, 2021Feb 2, 2021HTBS

The College Oarsmen who Helped Save the Sterling

Feb 1, 2021Jan 31, 2021HTBS

Simon Crosse: London RC’s Architect Dies

Jan 31, 2021Jan 30, 2021HTBS

Cloud Play

Jan 30, 2021Jan 30, 2021HTBS

Dartmouth College Reinstates Men’s Lightweight Rowing

Jan 29, 2021Jan 28, 2021HTBS

The Rowing App is Here!

Jan 28, 2021Jan 28, 2021HTBS

Colin Porter: A Rebel with a Cause

Jan 27, 2021Jan 26, 2021HTBS

Another Ground-Breaking Step by British Rowing

Jan 26, 2021Jan 27, 2021HTBS

Jurgen Grobler on 50 Years in the Coaching Launch

Jan 25, 2021Jan 24, 2021HTBS

Paul Kölliker: The Two-Metre Swiss Scribe

Jan 24, 2021Jan 23, 2021HTBS

What Escapes

Jan 22, 2021Jan 21, 2021HTBS

Chris Cramer: Newsman and Oarsman

Jan 21, 2021Jan 24, 2021HTBS

Bernie – The HTBS Meme

Jan 21, 2021Jan 20, 2021HTBS

There’ll Always be a Henley

Jan 20, 2021Jan 17, 2021HTBS

Triumph and Disaster

Jan 19, 2021Jan 18, 2021HTBS

St George Ashe, Part II: Saint George or Don Quixote?

Jan 18, 2021Jan 17, 2021HTBS

St George Ashe, Part I: A Dragon Slayer?

Jan 17, 2021Jan 17, 2021HTBS

Of Arms and the Man

Jan 15, 2021Jan 14, 2021HTBS

Kathleen Heddle – Three-Time Olympic Champion Dies

Jan 14, 2021Jan 20, 2021HTBS

Bill Windham, RIP: A Great Oarsman

Jan 13, 2021Jan 12, 2021HTBS

Oxonian Rhapsody: Magnifico-o-o-o-o

Jan 12, 2021Jan 12, 2021HTBS

Dick, Gray, Eton, Freddy, Steve and two Elliotts: Or Never Judge an Oarsman

Jan 11, 2021Jan 10, 2021HTBS

Reverting To Type

Jan 10, 2021Jan 9, 2021HTBS

Racing the Self

Jan 9, 2021Jan 8, 2021HTBS

CUBC 1939: Cissies who Laughed Last…

Jan 8, 2021Mar 1, 2021HTBS

Vintage Typewriters: My Halda and I

Jan 7, 2021Jan 6, 2021HTBS

The Cerebral Giant

Jan 6, 2021Jan 9, 2021HTBS

1914: Last in the Last Torpids Before the War

Jan 4, 2021Jan 3, 2021HTBS

The Burnell Albums

Jan 3, 2021Jan 2, 2021HTBS

Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore

Jan 1, 2021Dec 31, 2020HTBS

I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Bl-Ouse*

Jan 1, 2021Dec 31, 2020HTBS

May 2021 Be a Better Year…

Dec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2020HTBS

2020 – Annus Horribilis: HTBS in the Numbers

Dec 30, 2020Dec 29, 2020HTBS

Martin: A Cross that’s Good to Bear

Dec 29, 2020Dec 29, 2020HTBS

Ouse-ing with Talent: The 2021 Boat Race Trials

Dec 28, 2020Dec 27, 2020HTBS

“The Sport of Rowing” on World Rowing

Dec 27, 2020Dec 26, 2020HTBS

The Rower’s Mind

Dec 26, 2020Dec 24, 2020HTBS

No Humbug: The Spirit of The Boat Race Yet to Come

Dec 24, 2020Dec 23, 2020HTBS

2020: A Year Like No Other

Dec 23, 2020Dec 22, 2020HTBS

Winning Ways…

Dec 21, 2020Dec 20, 2020HTBS

The First Oxbridge Women’s Boat Race: Emulating the Pale (and Dark) Blue Lords of Creation

Dec 20, 2020Dec 19, 2020HTBS

We Are, And Can Never Not Be

Dec 17, 2020Dec 17, 2020HTBS

Thames Festival Trust: A New Era Begins at Trinity Buoy Wharf

Dec 16, 2020Dec 15, 2020HTBS

“Rowing Tales”: A Christmas Present for All Rowers

Dec 14, 2020Dec 13, 2020HTBS

In Living Colour

Dec 13, 2020Dec 12, 2020HTBS

The Infinitesimal in the Infinite

Dec 12, 2020Dec 11, 2020HTBS

Rowing Tales 2020 is Here!

Dec 11, 2020Dec 11, 2020HTBS

The Importance of Weil, Thomas E.

Dec 10, 2020Dec 9, 2020HTBS

Eurovision Sport and World Rowing Extend Media Partnership

Dec 9, 2020Dec 9, 2020HTBS

Rowing Books for Christmas III

Dec 8, 2020Dec 8, 2020HTBS

Rowing Books for Christmas II

Dec 6, 2020Dec 5, 2020HTBS

In the Act of Rowing

Dec 5, 2020Dec 4, 2020HTBS

It’s A Date

Dec 4, 2020Dec 3, 2020HTBS

Rowing Books for Christmas I

Dec 3, 2020Dec 3, 2020HTBS

RRM is Open

Posts navigation

1 2 … 47 →

Search HTBS

Most Popular Posts

  • Frivolously Friday: Cambridge, 1898
    Frivolously Friday: Cambridge, 1898
  • Throwback Thursday: Oxford 1912
    Throwback Thursday: Oxford 1912
  • The Oarsmen of J.C. Leyendecker: Homeric or Homoerotic?
    The Oarsmen of J.C. Leyendecker: Homeric or Homoerotic?
  • Stephen Hawking: Remembering the cox 'with his head in the stars'
    Stephen Hawking: Remembering the cox 'with his head in the stars'
  • A Reappraisal of the Importance of the River Lea
    A Reappraisal of the Importance of the River Lea
  • Colin Porter: A Rebel with a Cause
    Colin Porter: A Rebel with a Cause
  • Operation Varsity Blues Soon on Netflix
    Operation Varsity Blues Soon on Netflix
  • Some Images of Eton in Words and Pictures
    Some Images of Eton in Words and Pictures
  • Getting Ready For The Boat Race
    Getting Ready For The Boat Race
  • Stuck in the Toffs’ Pigeon Hole
    Stuck in the Toffs’ Pigeon Hole

Recent Comments

myoarin on Stuck in the Toffs’ Pigeon…
Duncan Spencer on Jumbo Edwards: Oarsman, Coach…
DiosRaw on Winter, Midpoint
William O'Chee on Stuck in the Toffs’ Pigeon…
Ajax Ornis on Stuck in the Toffs’ Pigeon…
teweiljr on Venice: Standing Up for Women’…
Gerry Macken on Tales of the Unexpected II – N…
Ian Wilson on Lisa Taylor Webinar on Ro…
HTBS on The Curious Case of Doctor…
teresastokes on The Curious Case of Doctor…

Tags

Adolf Hitler Agecroft RC Alan Campbell Alfie Anderson Annamarie Phelps Anniversary ARA Auction Auriol Kensington RC Australia Awards BBC Beer Bert Bushnell Bill Miller Blondie Boat Builders Boat building Boat Race 2017 Boat Race 2018 Bob Bourne Bob Janousek Book Review Boris Rankov Bossie Phelps Brasenose College BC British Pathe British Rowing Bump races Bump racing Cambridge Cambridge University Women’s BC Chris Dodd Christ Church College Clive Radley Collecting Rowing Books Company of Watermen and Lightermen Cornell University Coronavirus Courtney Landers Damir Martin Dan Boyne Daniel James Brown Daniel Spring Daniel Walker Dan Topolski Denis Oswald Dickie Burnell Dogs Dorney Lake Dublin University BC Eights Week Elizabeth II Emma Twigg Ergs Eric Murray Ernest Barry Eton European Championships European Rowing Championships F.S. Kelly Famous Swedes FISA FISA World Cup Fishmongers' Company Fulham Reach BC Fuller’s Head of the River Fours Furnivall Sculling Club Gary O’Donovan Geoffrey Page Gloriana Goldie Greg Denieffe Greg Searle Guest Writer Guin Batten Gully Nickalls Guy Nickalls Göran Buckhorn Hamish Bond Harcourt 'Tarka' Gold Harry Blackstaffe Harry Clasper Harry Parker Hart Perry Harvard Harvard-Yale Regatta Head of the Charles Regatta Head of the River Race Heather Stanning Helen Glover Henley Peace Regatta Henley RC Henley Royal Regatta Henley Women's Regatta HRR16 HRR2019 HTBS HTBS show-and-tell Hugh Matheson Hunting Howell Hylton Cleaver Hélène Rémond Imperial College BC Irish rowing Isis Jack Beresford Jack Kell Kelly Jack Kelly Jack Wilson James Cracknell Jean-Christophe Rolland Jeannine Gmelin Jesus College BC John Snagge Julius Beresford Jumbo Edwards Jürgen Gröbler Katherine Grainger King's Cup Kingston RC Lady Margaret BC Lawrence Fogelberg Leander Club London RC Louis Petrin Magdalen College Mahe Drysdale Malmö RK Marlow RC Martin Cross Master Rowing Matthew Pinsent May Bumps Mike Spracklen Mike Sweeney Molesey BC Mystic River Mystic Seaport Museum Ned Hanlan New College BC Non-rowing related Nottingham RC NRF Obituaries Ocean Rowing Oliver Zeidler Olympic Rowing Ondřej Synek Osiris Oxford Oxford Brookes University Oxford University Women’s BC Para-rowing Paul O’Donovan Pembroke College BC Pete Reed Peter Mallory Philip Kuepper Poetry Princeton University Professional rowing Punch R.C. Lehmann Rachel Quarrell Radley College Ran Laurie Richard Phelps Richard Way Book Shop Rio 2016 River and Rowing Museum River Cam River Thames Robert Treharne-Jones Rowing Art Rowing blog Rowing Books Rowing Documentary Rowing Event Rowing Films Rowing Hall of Fame Rowing History Forum Rowing in Australia Rowing in Germany Rowing in Plays Rowing Magazines Rowing nonsense Rowing oddities Rowing Paintings Rowing Pamphlets Rowing Poetry Rowing Trophy Rowperfect Royal Watermen Sculling Sean Bowden Steve Fairbairn Steve Gladstone Steve Redgrave Steve Trapmore Story of a Picture St Paul's School Stuart MacKenzie Thames RC The Boat Race The Boys in the Boat The Dry Season Bottom-of-the-Barrel Series (DSBOTBS) The Huskies The Social Network Thomas Doggett Thomas Doggett Coat and Badge Race Thomas Keller Medal Thomi Keller Tideway Scullers Tim Foster Tim Koch Tom Weil Trial Eights Trinity College Cambridge Trinity College Dublin Trinity College Hartford Trinity Hall Uncategorized Under-23 Championships University of London University of Washington USRowing Vesper BC Vesta RC Vicky Thornley W.B. Woodgate Wally Kinnear war War Memorials Watermen Well-Dressed Gents William O’Chee Wingfield Sculls Winston Churchill Women's Boat Race Women Rowing wooden boats WoodenBoat Show World Junior Championships World Rowing Championships World Rowing Masters Regatta WRCH2017 WWI Yale Youth Rowing
Follow Hear The Boat Sing on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 414 other followers

Good Rowing Links

  • Australian Rowing History
  • British Pathé
  • British Rowing
  • Evolution of the Rowing Stroke
  • Fatsculler's Rowing Blog
  • FISA
  • Friends of Rowing History
  • Girl on the River
  • Gloriana – the Queen's Rowbarge
  • Henley Rowing Association
  • Henley Royal Regatta
  • Irish Rowing Archive
  • National Rowing Foundation
  • OarSpotter
  • Openergo
  • Playing Pasts
  • Pocock Classic Cedar Singles
  • Remigatio
  • River & Rowing Museum
  • ROWHUB
  • Rowing in Minnesota
  • Rowing Memorabilia
  • Rowing the World
  • RowingAdverts
  • RowingRelated
  • RowingStory
  • Rowperfect
  • Sports Journal idrottsforum

Follow HTBS on Twitter

My Tweets

Awards




Site Meter

Archive

Mar 2021
M T W T F S S
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031  
« Feb    
Blog at WordPress.com.
Cancel

 
Loading Comments...
Comment
    ×