OAR NorthwestRowing is not the best spectator sport. I believe it is still here and growing as a sport because it is one of the best sports out there to teach life skills and values to whomever embraces this sport as a discipline. A new friend of mine, Peter Mallory, sends out thoughtful emails on rowing […]
We often get the same questions asked of us about the Ocean row. I thought that I would answer a few in this post. What kind of seas and swells will you see on the ocean? Seas can be as calm as pee on a plate or as big as 50 foot swells. Most of […]
Yesterday, high school students from Seattle’s surrounding neighborhoods and islands attended the Youth Maritime Training Association’s annual career day event at Maritime Event Center in downtown Seattle. Students arrived on foot, bus, train and ferry to engage maritime industry representatives in conversations about local job offers and the details of working in employment environments as […]
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We at OAR Northwest thought we’d document what’s going on recently. Here’s Jordan getting a standing breakfast, ready to push out in the morning for a full days work. Note that Generation Y’ers tend to have a propensity to eat, plate and spoon in hand, standing up. Table? What table?! After a short hop over […]