Star Parking Cam

This Potomac Boat Club Star Parking Cam points up Water Street, and is brought to you by member Miles Fawcett and our friends at Urban Alarm!  The view updates every few minutes.

While you’re monitoring space availability, if you see something suspicious, please don’t hesitate to report it to DC Police (emergency 911/non-emergency 311) and notify the club’s Security Committee at security@potomacstar.com.

Potomac’s 2010 HOCR Photos

Below are a few random photos taken on Saturday at the Head of the Charles Regatta (HOCR) 2010. [Click on an image to expand.]

If you have HOCR photos to share, send them to us at editor@potomacstar.com and we’ll add them to the set. Or send us a link to your photos, and we’ll share the link!

Here is a link to the 2010 HOCR video archives (with commentary!):

• Nesports.tv

Here are the links we could find to PBC 2010 HOCR photos on Sportgraphics.com:

• Potomac Boat Club
• WeCanRowDC
• The Beltway Bandits
• Kathy Byington of PBC rowing 2-seat of Capital Rowing Club’s winning Adaptive 4+
  

Your chintzy, hastily thrown together viewing guide to the 2010 HOCR

People.  You know it.  And we know it. The Head of the Charles Regatta deserves much better than this from the Potomac Star. After all, Potomac Boat Club won the Men’s Championship Eight event at the very first Head of the Charles Regatta back in 1965! We go way back. But like a lot of folks who’ve been together for a long time, you get comfy, and well, sometimes you just kind of let things slide. It’s cute. Like love-handles and leaving your wet trou on the bathroom doorknob. Right?

Oh.

Anyway, below you’ll find the list of the PBC’ers competing at the Charles this weekend. As usual, we’re not sure if it’s complete or not, but from Beltway Bandits to WeCanRow, it’s the folks we could dig up. Below the list, you’ll find the event schedule with links back to the official HOCR site so you’ll know when to look for your favorite rowers on the course. (Remember, text in red means a link.)

If you’re rowing at the Charles and we left you off of the list, please send your name to Penelope at penelope@potomacstar.com, so we can make you famous.

And, Charlie, baby?  Please don’t let the stolen content and poorly formatted tables make you think we don’t care anymore.  We still feel that spark … even after 46 years.

GO PBC!!!

Bonus information:

Real-time results!

Seven day extended weather for BOS

How are entries selected

2010 Rule Changes

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Grand-Master Singles 50+

Women – C. Cole

Senior-Master Singles 40+

Men – R. Lewis

Senior-Master Doubles 40+

Men – C. Selden rowing for Marin

Senior-Master Fours

Men – P. Knight rowing for Occoquan International

Women – S. O’Connor coxing for Avalon

Senior-Master Eights

Women – WeCanRowDC

Seat 1: E. Gordon
Seat 2: N. Kellner
Seat 3: M. Chambers
Seat 4: M. Means
Seat 5: K. Landauer
Seat 6: J. Rone
Seat 7: B. Buffkin
Seat 8: D. Charles-Chisholm
Seat 9: C. Ortwein

Directors’ Challenge Doubles – Mixed

W. Cox and N. Faigen

Master Eights

Men – Potomac Boat Club

Seat 1: N. Holland
Seat 2: T. Nix
Seat 3: G. LeSage
Seat 4: D. Huntington
Seat 5: P. Holland
Seat 6: R. Price
Seat 7: N. Davies
Seat 8: C. Jungbluth
Seat 9: A. Nguyen

Club Eights

Men – Potomac Boat Club

Seat 1: J. Hacker
Seat 2: A. Guzman
Seat 3: C. Walsh
Seat 4: J. Ryan
Seat 5: G. Zettler
Seat 6: R. Shaffer
Seat 7: L. Hergenroeder
Seat 8: N. Brugman
Seat 9: J. Ward

Championship Doubles

Men – T. Frank and W. Cowles

Championship Singles

Men – J. Greer

Women – K. Stainken and M. Bokulich

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Veteran Singles 60+

Men – G. Rasmussen and J. Hatch

Women – D. Perrone

Master Singles

Women – O. Huxley

Women’s Directors’ Challenge Quad

Potomac Boat Club

Seat 1: G. Edie
Seat 2: K. Hughes
Seat 3: K. Landauer
Seat 4: J. Hopkins

Mixed Directors’ Challenge Quad

Potomac Boat Club as “The Beltway Bandits”

Seat 1: B. Cox
Seat 2: N. Faigen
Seat 3: E. Ryan
Seat 4: C. Cole

Lightweight Singles

Women – L. Krawczyk

Men – R. Rasmussen

	Saturday, October 23, 2010
		Practice Saturday morning prior to racing: Singles, Doubles, and quads ONLY – All boats must be off the water prior to racing.
	1 2	Grand-Master Singles 50+ Men Women	8:00 8:32
	3 4	Senior-Master Singles 40+ Men Women	8:57 9:11
	5 6	Senior-Master Eights 50+ Men Women	9:28 9:44
	7 8	Senior-Master Fours 50+ Men Women	9:59 10:14
	9 10	Senior-Master Doubles Men Women	50+ 10:30 10:46
	11 12	Alumni Eights Men Women	11:08 11:27
	13 14	Club Singles Men Women	11:41 12:00
	15 16	Club Fours Men Women	12:19 12:46
	17 18	Club Eights Men Women	13:14 13:30
	19 20	Master Doubles Men Women	13:48 14:00
	21 22	Master Fours Men Women	14:17 14:30
	23 24	Master Eights Men Women	14:49 15:02
	25 26	Championship Doubles Men Women	15:16 15:26
	27 28	Collegiate Fours Men Women	15:41 15:56
	29 30	Championship Singles Men Women	16:13 16:24
		Directors’ Challenge Doubles Parent/Child Mixed	16:34 16:51
		No Saturday PM Practice

	Sunday, October 24, 2010
		Ernestine Bayer Race	TBA
	31	Legs/Trunk/Arms 4+ Mixed Gender	8:00
	32 33	Senior-Veteran Singles* Men Women	70+ 8:14 8:37
	34 35	Veteran Singles** 60+ Men Women	8:58 9:22
	QWom	Directors’ Challenge Women	Quads 9:40
	36 37	Master Singles Men Women	9:53 10:05
	38 39	Youth Fours Men Women	10:25 10:53
	40 41	Youth Doubles Men Women	11:22 11:42
	42 43	Lightweight Singles Men Women	12:08 12:20
	44 45	Youth Eights Men Women	12:39 13:04
	QMix	Directors’ Challenge Mixed	Quads 13:40
	46 47	Collegiate Eights Men Women	13:57 14:15
	48 49	Championship Fours Men Women	14:33 14:40
	50 51	Championship Eights Men Women	14:55 15:09
	QMen	Directors’ Challenge Men	Quads 15:24
	52 53	Lightweight Fours Men Women	15:38 15:46
	54 55	Lightweight Eights Men Women	16:02 16:11

* Handicap: 12 seconds/ year over 70
** Handicap: 8 seconds/ year over 60

The Search for OBC’s Shew Continues

The Occoquan Chase is usually a fun little tune up before our big Head of the Charles weekend, but spirits were definitely dampened by the news that Julia Shew, member of Occoquan Boat Club, had gone missing on Saturday afternoon. The course was changed a bit on Sunday so as not to disrupt the search that continued throughout the day for the fit 64 year old experienced rower.

Shew started rowing as an undergraduate at University of California at Berkeley. As a founding member of Cal Women’s crew, she raced in the first women’s national regatta sponsored by the National Women’s Rowing Association held at Green Lake, Washington, in 1966.

In 2007, after having been away from the sport for 40 years, Shew was encouraged to row again by her instructor at Gold’s Gym in Lorton, also a member of Occoquan Boat Club. She attended a sculling camp on the Occoquan Reservoir in 2008, and was well on her way to completing a goal of rowing 3,000 miles by her birthday this month.  She planned on racing at the Chase on Sunday.

Winds were high on the day Julia Shew disappeared. There is still no word on her whereabouts. Our thoughts and prayers are with her, her husband Karl, and her family and friends.

Below are Potomac Boat Club’s results from the 2010 Occoquan Chase.  For all of the day’s results, please visit Ronin by clicking here.

Order your PBC jacket now and get it before the Charles

The Potomac Boat Club (PBC) Boathouse Sports Team Store closes on Monday, October 4th!

[Wait.  Didn't it just open?]  That’s right!  The Team Store opened today, and it closes on Monday!

It’s a special “preview” store with just one item – a PBC Facet Gore-tex rowing jacket.  It’s like the jacket made for the National Team, but we think the red and the white star make it much more fashion forward.

And, hey, if you order now, you’ll get it delivered to your house before the Charles!

Yep.  Ignore the standard “shipped by” date on the page.  They’re going to rush produce this puppy for us.  Why?  Because Boathouse cares.  No, but really, because we want you to look good at the Charles.  Not cold.  Good.

So, click on the image below and order away, PBC!  And get ready for the full PBC Boathouse Sports Team Store, featuring a hot new star logo, opening next month!  (Much longer ship date, so don’t wait!)

Register to race … only 6 days left! And volunteers still needed!

Crews head to the finish and through the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge during the SHOP.

• Click here to register! Final registration closes this Saturday, Sept. 18!
• Looking to volunteer?  We love you! Read Ed Ryan’s note below. (Instructions included!)

The 30th Annual Charlie Butt Scullers Head of the Potomac (SHOP) will be held this year on Sunday, September 26.   Regular registration closed on Saturday, September 11, 2010, but you can still register until this Saturday, September 18, by going to Ronin, registering, and by paying a small late fee, in addition to your registration fee.

After Saturday, not even your saddest puppy-dog eyes, most emphatic “pretty pleases,” or largest offers of cash to the Potomac Star at largeoffersofcash@potomacstar.com (now accepting PayPal) will get you racing at the SHOP.  No Race Day registration anymore, either.  So, go ahead.  Register already.

And don’t forget, PBC, we need you to help make the 2010 another success!  Volunteer today! Here is the how-to from our SHOP volunteer coordinator, Ed Ryan.

Yes, PBC members, spouses and friends, WE NEED YOU to help run the ONE SINGLE REGATTA that Potomac Boat Club sponsors each year. It takes a village to run this show, about 75 volunteers in total, and if you’ve been racing for Potomac, using Potomac equipment, have pride in your Club or just want something good and fun to do on a nice autumn Sunday, this is your chance.

I’m particularly interested in getting our competitive teams to respond as groups, and we’ll find fun and exciting group activities. For example, last year, the Masters Rowing Program (MRP) handled all of the launch preparation, and it was great. One big job and they independently figured out who could do it and when.

Here’s the background. The Regatta is on SUNDAY, September 26th. We need volunteers who can work (i) morning shift – 7:30 a.m. – noon, (ii) afternoon shift – noon – 4:00 p.m., or (iii) all day. Good intentions aside, please don’t say you can work in that 45 minute gap between the masters 4 and your spa appointment – you get no good conscience points and it doesn’t help us. AM, PM or all day.

So, if you can take us up on this Call to Arms, PLEASE DO THIS (and read carefully): send an email to headofthepotomac@gmail.com, and state whether you can work morning, afternoon or all day, whether you can drive a launch, and include your cell phone number and email address. Then save the date on your calendar, and you’ll hear back from us.

 Finally, our sincere gratitude and appreciation to all of the great and good-natured volunteers from last year.  It was a terrific day that went ultra smooth — it was wonderful for Potomac Boat Club to host such an event.

Many thanks,
Ed Ryan, on behalf of the Regatta Committee

JL Racing Team Store returns in May! Stay tuned!

PBC JL Racing Team Store is closed for now!

RETURNS IN MAY!

The Potomac Boat Club JL Racing Team Store opened until midnight (PST), September 12, 2010.  The planned ship date for those order placed prior to September 12 is October 12, 2010.

• PBC JL Racing Team Store (now closed)
• Order your own JL uni right here.
  

If you have questions regarding your order, please contact Sylvia Frayne. (Her email address was sent today in a message to the Yahoo group.) Or visit the order FAQs on the team site!

Happy shopping, PBC!

Potomac Masters make a run for gold at the border

Perennial favorites Camilla Durfee and Cal Sutliff will try to bring home the gold once again in the mixed 2x. (Pictured above in 2006.)

From Camden to Canada, Potomac Boat Club’s most experienced this week head north again to St. Catherines, Ontario, for the 2010 FISA World Rowing Masters Regatta.  The four days of racing starts tomorrow, September 2nd, and culminates on September 5th, with a usually rowdy party. (And we’ve seen pictures of our MRP at this party from years past, fully enjoying their time away from home waters. Let’s just say that one year, they got the cops on the dance floor … to dance!)

But with over 2,700 entries and 300 clubs participating, the racing does get serious, folks. See for yourself!

Camilla strikes again, this time with Kathy Hughes in the G-J 2x. Thanks to Debbie Charles Chisholm for the pic!

Draws are now available here.  Click here to visit Regatta Central for a list of PBC entered events and the names of those competing for the club.  For real time results throughout the event, make sure you click here. (Refresh your browser often to ensure the latest results are visible.)

Not enough schedules and results for you?  Visit a link below to find results for each day of the regatta:

• Thursday’s Results
• Friday’s Results
• Saturday’s Results
• Sunday’s Results

And maybe we’ll get lucky again and have more guest reporting from the event.  Check back over the next few days for updates!  [Update: Folks are writing us! (Squeal) See who below!]

Good luck to everyone and … GO, PBC!

Winners of the Women's H4+: Potomac's Marilyn Means, Camilla Durfee, Gretchen Ellsworth, Sarah Grady and Sally Sternbach.

Potomac’s 2010 Masters Nationals Results

Only white caps would have made this more fun for our Chuck Selden.

Masters National Championships 2010 had us thinking: Where is it almost always perfect rowing weather? Wherever it is, we want to live there.  Or at least race there. At Masters Nationals in Camden last year, the sun and heat were absolutely punishing. At Masters Nationals in Camden this year, the wind definitely got the best of some.

That’s okay, though, right, PBC? It’s not the moment that defines us. We define the moment. No matter the conditions. (We’re watching the PGA Championship while our results roll in from Camden.)  Besides, if we didn’t have conditions to complain about, we’d call it, um … bowling?

Anyway, at the end four days, our PBC masters pulled off another stellar MatNats performance, and walked away with their annual haul of gold, silver, and bronze hardware. They also earned us second in the overall team point trophy! (And, folks, that’s second only to the most populous rowing club in the universe, Saugatuck.) Impressive stuff.

Is that a giant trophy you're holding or are you just happy to see us? Members of PBC's Men's Sweep Team at the conclusion of another successful MatNats.

By the way, if you haven’t already, make sure you check out Ed Ryan and Debbie Charles Chisholm reporting from Camden under “Recent Comments” on the right side of the Star.  Again, our thanks to them!

Awesome job, everyone!

• Click here to access all of the results.
• Click here for Point Detail for Potomac Boat Club Women – 4 Gold/6 Silver/1 Bronze
• Click here for Point Detail for Potomac Boat Club Men – 8 Gold/5 Silver/6 Bronze

Combined Point Detail – Potomac Boat Club

(Click on the red links below for more detail.)

Making weekend plans? Let’s go to MatNats!

[This is a retread of sorts.  What can we say? It's Masters Nationals in Camden, again!  We have members saving people during practice. Juniors winning medals in Eastern Europe. The postcard is what we could do for now. Next year, MatNats will be in Oklahoma City. Maybe we'll stick a cowboy hat up there or something.]

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Hey!  With most folks headed down to the Carolina beaches this time of year, why not head up the road instead?  This weekend, a short 2-3 hour drive north on 95 will land you smack dab in the middle of some hot race action. Where? Why, in always-lovely, ever-effervescent (drum roll) … Camden, New Jersey!

From Thursday, August 12, 2010 to Sunday, August 15, 2010, PBC’s Masters rowers will join almost 1800 others out on the Cooper River for Masters National Championships 2010.  We’re pretty confident our folks will be leading the pack in more than a few events, so go cheer them on!

[We even put together a little map for you and directions to the venue. Scroll down to see it. We wouldn't want you to end up in Philly.]

To find out who will be wearing the white star, and in which of 200 events, visit the PBC Masters Nationals lineups page on Regatta Central here.  Click here for live race results.

And fine. For those of you who would rather watch from the air conditioned comfort of your own homes, USRowing will stream live video of the finals at http://rowing.teamusa.org/live. (We were planning to tell you eventually!)

2010 USRowing Masters National Championships Finals Live Feed Schedule

Thursday, August 12, 2:45 p.m. – 6:09 p.m.
Friday, August 13, 2 p.m. – 5:32 p.m.
Saturday, August 14, 1 p.m. – 4:28 p.m.
Sunday, August 15, 1 p.m. – 4:32 p.m.

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Map to the venue (directions are below):

Directions to the venue:

From the Ben Franklin Bridge:
Merge onto Route 30 East
Merge onto Route 30 – 70 East
Bear right after overpass onto Route 70 East
Turn right @ first light (McClellan Avenue)
Turn right onto N. Park Drive
End @ Boathouse: 7050 N. Park Drive, Pennsauken, NJ

From the Walt Whitman Bridge:
Take the Route 130 North exit towards Route 168 North
Keep right @ the fork in the ramp
Bear right onto Route 130 North
Follow route 130 North to N. Park Drive
Turn right onto N. Park Drive
End @ Boathouse: 7050 N. Park Drive, Pennsauken, NJ

From 295 South & North:
From 295 South take exit 34A (Route 70 West)
From 295 North take exit 34B (Route 70 West)
Take Cuthbert Boulevard (South) exit
Turn right onto N. Park Drive
End @ Boathouse: 7050 N. Park Drive, Pennsauken, NJ

From NJ Turnpike North:
Take exit 4, Berlin – Philadelphia
Take Route 73 North to Route 38 West
Take Cuthbert Boulevard (South) exit
Turn right onto N. Park Drive
End @ Boathouse: 7050 N. Park Drive, Pennsauken, NJ

From NJ Turnpike South:
Take exit 3, Bellmawr
Merge onto Route 168 North
Bear right onto Route 130 North
Turn right onto N. Park Drive
End @ Boathouse: 7050 N. Park Drive, Pennsauken, NJ

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