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.
An advertisement from 1937, a time when many people smoked – and knew what the Diamond Sculls were.
4 May 2016
Tim Koch lights up.
In his recent piece on the connection between ‘Hamlet’ cigars and rowing, Göran R Buckhorn wrote, Remember tobacco is bad for you! However, the latest research from the 1950s is not so sure – 20,679 physicians, Ronald Reagan and Santa Claus all disagree.
Luckies – physicians who will do anything for money say that they are less irritating than socialised medicine.An updated (but presently outdated) parody of a famous Ronald Reagan advertisement. The 1952 original is here. Encouraging smoking may not even be the dumbest thing that Reagan ever did.As Santa is overweight and a smoker, he will soon be needing the North Pole’s National Elf Service.
Hear The Boat Sing 
