Rowing

I started rowing in the early 1990s at the Montreal Rowing Club, located at the olympic basin on Notre-Dame Island.  I got the bug right away and rowed until I was sidelined by a very stupidly self-inflicted back injury in 1997.

I started rowing again in 2015 when i purchased a used single.  I row on Fairfield Pond, which about 3km long.

It’s a great year when i can overlap rowing and skiing seasons ! I’ve had a few days where I’d row in the morning and then head up to the mountain for spring skiing.  This past fall, i did get my first day of skiing while i was still rowing.

Rowing is the most zen of all sports

I built myself a nice boat house this summer – after a falling tree almost crushed my boat !

Rowing bum… aka construction girl

John cut trees on our land, and used his sawmill to make the lumber. We only had to buy the sheet metal roofing and some fasteners !

I designed my boathouse to fit the site very tightly. It is 32ft long x 8ft wide.
My rowing shell is 27ft long with 10″ beam (width)