Description: A blog about marathon rowing, expedition rowing and other forms of long distance rowing. And rowing history.
Going beyond regattas and head races
For maximum joy, I felt this needed fulfill two criteria: first, for it to be a coastal row - that winning combination of rowing and playing by the beach - and second, to be a circumnavigation of an island (enabling a round trip with a clear success criterion). The perfect solution was Mike Gilbert and the Hayling Island-based Coastal Rowing Academy .