The Saturday Cove Skiff

摘要

I've been a recreational rower, amateur grade, for most of my life. People have asked me why and how I came to enjoy rowing, and the answer is very simple: I've had a really good boat right from the start. I learned and practiced in a round-bottomed cedar-planked skiff along the western shore of Penobscot Bay in the Maine town of Northport, where my parents and grandparents had spent their summers at a place called Saturday Cove since about 1915. From about the age of seven or eight, I learned the feel of oarlocks, long leather-bound oars, and feathering.