Michael Jones (UK) has written two books, one about rowing and one about Henley Royal Regatta, now available via this page. (NB English jargon used throughout).
Previous US men's eight cox Steven Segaloff has published a book on his experiences, "Seat with a View". It is now available online from Amazon and from Barnes & Noble.
To order a copy of True Blue, Daniel Topolski's book on the Oxford Boat Race Mutiny, click on the Blackwell's Bookshop details. They will deliver worldwide for a fee. The video is on rental in the UK now (but avoid the porn video of the same name) and should be available to buy through specialist suppliers.
Way's Bookshop, on Friday Street in Henley-on-Thames (UK) have an email address: waybooks@btconnect.com. For those visiting Henley, this is one of the most specialist rowing bookshops in the world, with old and new material.
2kVelocity Rowing Shells Ltd, 5 Milner Road, Comberton, Cambridge, UK, tel 01223 263824 mobile 07505 145668, email 2kvelocity@ic24.net.
8Mais-Representacoes Nauticas, suppliers in Portugal and Spain of BBG and Salani boats, Croker oars, Godfrey Rowsports and Rock The Boat clothing. Snailmail address R. Aviacao Naval, 7-2º esq-frt, 3810-055 Aveiro - PORTUGAL, Tel:+351964264737, Fax:+351234085788 and the site is in Portuguese and Spanish.
In the USA, Adirondack Rowing, suppliers of wherries and recreational shells from the top boatmakers, such as Maas, Alden Ocean Shells, Bay Shells etc.
Lola-Aylings Racing Boats website, albeit massively heavy on the SW Flash/Java and nigh impossible for text-only users to see. There is a second-hand boat sale page, apparently, but my modem gave up the attempt to find it.
BBG Boatbuilders Berlin website, email, and list of second-hand and ex-demo boats. Site now available in English as well as German. This link has been updated to the direct one, so that it avoids you having to enter an email address to get into the site.
Eel Pie Rowing Supplies, Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 3DY UK, has a website and an email address. Tel / Fax: 01483-429074
Mobile: 07767-684515. Office Address: PO Box 426, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1GF.
Tel / Fax: 01483-429074.
Empacher (shells) rep for North America is Bill McGowan.
The newly revamped Empacher website.
Netscape-plugin-friendly or ActiveX-compatible ideally, though naturally the
Rowing Service can give you the
exact URL for older or text-only browsers....
A young Australian rower, Jonathan Fievez, has developed a fascinating bench pull monitoring system, used at the West Australian Institute of Sport very successfully and now publicly available.
The USA/CAN distributor for Filippi rowing boats has a website at www.eliterowing.com, email to Alex Selvig, 70 Lake Street, Brighton, MA USA 02135. Tel (617)-783-8442. The site for the main Italian company is www.FilippiBoats.it, in the native language. This requires high-end browers: those on elderly systems should use the Italian or English indexes to get round the splash-page.
H. Fine and Son make custom boat
covers, tools and flags/banners (in the UK).
Irow.com now offers international high-school-aged rowers a College Recruiting Clearinghouse, aimed at bringing good juniors into US college programmes on a scholarship basis.
A Japanese rowing sales company called J2 has a site now, with all the text in Japanese. If you want to email an English-speaking representative of the company, use gareth@rowingcenter.com.
Joel Rogers runs a freelance photograph agency specialising in rowing. Also produces the annual US rowing calendar (can be bought online).
Johnston Racing, manufacturers of international standard racing shells (Australia).
John Waugh Racing Boats, South Africa: International quality composite racing boats (singles to eights). Contact johnwaugh@yebo.co.za or fax +27 12 654 4550.
Joy of Rowing, email owrowing@netcom.ca, 1300 Discovery Street, Vancouver, BC, V6R 4L9 Canada. Phone: 604 - 925 2909 Fax: 604 - 925 2971. An open water rowing club with courses and boats for hire, plus agents for Maas and Alden Ocean Shells.
Little River Marine, in Gainesville, Florida, sells an unusual range of sculls, skiffs and dorys, mostly for recreational rowing.
Email
Loewe Rowing Shells, Gneisenaustr. 183, D-44628 Herne/Westfalen, Germany.
And a website too.
Tel. 0049-2323-921027, Fax 0049-2323-921028, Mobil-Service 0049-171-9227910.
They produce recreational shells for all ages, skiffs and gigs.
Matt Wood Riggers & spares can be found in the UK under Eton Racing Boats details.
Max Rigging, a commercial operation (started 2002).
Press release from Maxim energy sports foods/drinks.
Mikrotime, specialising in sports event timing, including rowing and dragonboating events.
I have been asked to list the Ministry of Fitness site, selling sports supplements. Surfers should always check legality of any supplement under their racing rules, and seek the advice of a doctor for any substance they have not heard of before.
Yugoslavian electrical engineer and ex-international oarsman Milan Misljenovic has been making what he describes as "electrical rowing equipment" including 'StrokeScanner', a two-way radio link, and additional equipment for creating more random numbers on a Concept2 ergometer. Visit Milan's website for more details (largely in English).
Neaves Riggers now has an email address, and snailmail Unit 2, Currendon Farm Building, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 3AA (new 2002). Phone 01929-450018, fax 01929-450019, main contact David Neaves.
Nielsen Kellerman Australia Pty Ltd are the Aus agent for NK, and C2/Polar resellers. Their website includes downloadable manuals for all the NK products.
NLRoei take pictures of crews at European regattas and heads, and some international events. See Fotoboek/Gallery for details (in Dutch).
James Caple has written an erg workout tracking programme for the Palm Pilot, including download-to-PC facilities. Free to anyone - visit http://www.trexlabs.com/ergm.
Peak Performance Online has reorganised, and expanded. Remember to keep consulting your own doctor about your personal health, whatever tips you pick up from websites and magazines.
The Peinert website for shells is now fully finished, with a primer on novice rowing and the pictures of their toddler in boats.
Race-Trak 2000, a software program available for running and compiling results from all types of sports events, including rowing heads and regattas. Email contact
Robert Nichols.
Much overdue, a link for Redhead Clothing Ltd, who took over the old Bladerunner branding. Tel nos (London, UK) are tel: 020 8542 6668 and fax: 020 8543 2727.
US physical therapist Deirdre McLoughlin has a website up at www.RowersRehab.com to publicise her new workshops aimed at preventing and treating injuries of the lower back (Northern California).
RowFit, producing riggers and other fittings for rowing boats.
RowGear, producing the RGI all in one land rowing weights machine.
Good news for the handful of tense event organisers who have been asking: Steve Donaldson has agreed to make his regatta management programme RowMan available as freeware, with the backing of the NZ Domestic Rowing Commission, to anyone who needs it. Download from the link above.
An unusual new feature has been launched over the Net - a commercial rigging service, RowRig. You send in your crew measurements and a specific rig-chart for your crew returns, for a price. Interesting idea - has anyone given it a try yet? (Australia-based).
An outfit called RowSMS do a free SMS service for selected UK winter events. They will text provisional results for crews to your mobile, for free.
An American coach has started the first online coaching site - Roylerow. Email consultations and subsequent training program setting. Both parties just bear in mind that it is a financial transaction being entered into, and take the same precautions you usually would.
Scull Success Australasia, run by
Nick Suess, is the "Down Under" agent for
a load of manufacturers including Alden, Racingline, WaterRower and Carl
Douglas. Snail address PO Box 126, Bayswater, WA 6933, Australia, Phone: +61
(0)8 9271 0466, Fax: + 61 (0)8 9271 0455.
An online auction site, US-based, called ScullTrader.
Website for Shirtworks, a clothing
manufacturer in the UK.
Website and email address for Ted Hale Racing Boats, Tweed Heads, The Gold Coast, Australia (changed September 2004).
Third Front have a psychological boosting program for sale - email them from here.
Classic Crew Caricatures by Keith Ticehurst. Individual portraits and crew
caricatures in action, suitable for presentations and short print runs. General rowing and custom cartoons. E-mail Keith Ticehurst, 166B The Broadway, Wimbledon, London SW19 1RX Tel/Fax: +44
020 8542 2365.
The Tideway Scullers Boat Mart (UK) has now gone online. Just remember that your emails to the seller are not automatically secure, so beware of including credit card numbers.
The UltraCoach fitness
software full index has some helpful links to fitness and physiology
information, and the company sells training aids which some rowers find useful.
WaterRower website in the UK. Address 5 Goldhawk Estate, Brackenbury Road, London W6 0BA, UK, phone +44 (0) 20 8749 8400.
WaterRower USA site, or write to WaterRower, Inc., 30 Cutler Street, Warren, RI 02885, USA, Phone: +1 (401) 247 7742, Fax: +1 (401) 247 7742.
WaterRower in Australia - Unit E2, 27-29 Fariola Street, Silverwater NSW 2047, Australia, phone +61 2 9748 0591, fax +61 2 9748 0593, same website as the USA.
Wave Seven in the UK are European agents for Connect-a-Dock, providing floating pontoons for boats to launch from.
Way's Bookshop, on Friday Street in Henley-on-Thames (UK) have an email address: waybooks@btconnect.com. For those visiting Henley, this is one of the most specialist rowing bookshops in the world, with old and new material.
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