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Author: HTBS

May 21, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Book Review: Bonnie Brave Boat Rowers

May 20, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Teamwork Lessons

May 19, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

HTBS – The 2013 Rowing History Blog of the Year!

May 19, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

The Charles W. Morgan Sails Again

May 18, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Prairie Rower

May 17, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Bon Voyage, Charles W. Morgan

May 16, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Mad Hatters

May 15, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Practice for the Non-Olympics…

May 14, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Movie on Love and Rowing

May 13, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

With Spiritual Overtones

May 12, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Fifty Plus Fifty

May 11, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Vanishing Act

May 10, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Rowing to Stay the Course

May 9, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Graham Hill: English Gentleman, Oarsman and King of Monaco

May 8, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

The Tale of a Boat, a Crew and a Summer of Long Ago – (To Say Nothing of a Regatta)

May 7, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Shipping Their Oars

May 6, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Interview with Ron Irwin, Author of Flat Water Tuesday

May 5, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Book Review: Flat Water Tuesday by Ron Irwin

May 4, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Ian Marriott: Memories of Collar and Cousins

May 3, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Of the Will

May 2, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

F. Collar ~ Oarmaker

May 1, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Repechage for Bert and Dickie

Apr 30, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

50 Years Ago….

Apr 29, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Rowing Blazers by Jack Carlson Coming Soon!

Apr 28, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

It’s Time… (Pun Intended)

Apr 27, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

The Trireme, Remembered

Apr 25, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

1960 Grand Harbour Regatta

Apr 24, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

The National Rowing Hall of Fame Class of 2014

Apr 23, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

1014: Brian Boru Won, Vikings Two

Apr 22, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

The King is Dead – Long Live the King

Apr 21, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Ida Bet She Was the Darling of the Waves

Apr 20, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

HAPPY EASTER ~ HAPPY SPRING!

Apr 19, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

He Rowed For This

Apr 18, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Thomas Keller Medal 2014 Short List Is Announced

Apr 17, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Lies, Damned Lies and the 1877 Boat Race

Apr 16, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

New Editions of ‘The Boys’

Apr 15, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Rowing Beneath a Lowering Sky

Apr 14, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

The Blue Window and the Blues

Apr 13, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Different Strokes For Different Folks

Apr 12, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Images of the 160th Boat Race Part 2: The Race

Apr 11, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

After the Thaw

Apr 10, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Images of the 160th Boat Race Part 1: The Prelude

Apr 9, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Katherine Grainger Godmother to Avalon Poetry II

Apr 8, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Masters of the Boat Race

Apr 7, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

The 2014 Oxford – Cambridge Boat Race: ‘Oo Won?

Apr 6, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Fun Stuff!

Apr 5, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Images from Tideway Week

Apr 4, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

The Mysterious Affair of ‘Les Braves Belges’

Apr 3, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

The Secret Supporters of the Boat Race

Apr 2, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

The Mystery of ‘The Silver Man’

Apr 1, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Putting It On The Tab: Credit To Oxford Women

Mar 31, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

2014 World Rowing Cup in Sydney

Mar 30, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

The Head of The River Race 2014: Not Waiving but Drowning

Mar 29, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

HoRR in 2014 and in 1928

Mar 28, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

In the Rushed Hour

Mar 27, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Problem ——- Solution

Mar 26, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Rowing the Mississippi for a Million

Mar 25, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Was the First Wanker a Belgian Oarsman?

Mar 24, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Good Times in a Rat Infested Shack – Tom Green’s Boathouse

Mar 23, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Tom Watson is In!

Mar 21, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

The Way of the Man with the last Wooden Spoon

Mar 20, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

With a Nice Touch from the ’30s

Mar 19, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Desert Row Ocean

Mar 18, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

A Post From The Pub

Mar 17, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Stout for Sportsmen

Mar 16, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

WHoRR 2014 – some views from Hammersmith

Mar 15, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Sunday CUBC v Molesey BC Race

Mar 14, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Rowboat

Mar 13, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

No light Blues – the Boat Race Crews weigh-in

Mar 12, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

HTBS 5 Years Anniversary with Luncheon

Mar 11, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Battles with the Blues

Mar 10, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Of the Will

Mar 10, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

What the Rower Reads

Mar 8, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

International Women’s Day – That is Why

Mar 8, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

A Morning Row…

Mar 8, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

A Ramshackle Room

Mar 7, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

When Rowing Ideas are Running Dry….

Mar 5, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Bring your WWI Story to RRM!

Mar 4, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

The 1933 Cambridge Trial Eights Heat

Mar 3, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Joists of the Currents Support the Rower

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