to that regatta and the party afterwards.... Comments Gawd, that was a bit serious. I was expecting a witty piece along the lines of 'You can't teach an old dog new tricks, but you can say what you like as half the crew won't hear you and the rest won't take a blind bit of notice.' Oh, I don't know, John, I found it (unintentionally) hilarious. Blimey, if I checked with our Vet F crews if they were ok lifting the boat, and started praising them for ... well, just for being them, I suspect they'd chuck me in the river for being cheeky. But hey, what do I know? I'm *just* a mum who took up rowing because her son was spending so much time on the river... Our club, and several others in the area started up with ex runners who had run their knees out and still wanted to compete...several are the core of Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association Inc.'s masters program... The TOUGH AS NAILS group in Port Townsend ( all women ex distance runners) still compete nationally in 8?s! Recruiting ex runners and bicycle riders is another good place to look . ...rowing is knee friendly!, ( one teen Elite level soccer star, Kari Green, was referred to Green Lake Rowing in Seattle for PT after a blown out knee...she stayed with their club instead and rowed US National team and in the world championships in 1996. to their club for rowing back friendly..( we even