New Years Day Row CANCELLED -- Breakfast Still On

Please join us for a fantastic breakfast tomorrow starting between (9:30/10am). We promise good food, good friends, and a lovely view of the ice and snow covered docks and river.

Due to the projected weather conditions, however, and after consultation with the Board and Safety Committee, I am canceling the rowing portion of tomorrow's gathering.
NOAA's forecast for Thursday is Northwest winds 15 to 20mph with gusts up to 30mph. Temperature at 7am is 7F, 11F at 10am with wind chill values as low as 12 below in the morning.
Let's kick of the New Year safely and together.

For anyone who wants to come at 8:30 anyhow, I will organize a fun erg relay event. Come row upstairs!!!

Best,
-Audrey

NEW YEAR’S DAY ROW AND BREAKFAST, 2009!!

(from Baxter Walsh; RSVP Dianne Kelly)

What better way to start the New Year than by joining us for the 15th Annual NEW YEAR’S DAY ROW AND BREAKFAST. The New Haven Rowing Club invites you, nay, ENCOURAGES YOU to a short, but robust, row and a large, also robust, breakfast on January 1, 2009. Bring your family and friends. Each year 40 to 50 people enjoy this fun and festive event.

• Boat selection begins promptly at 8:30a.m. There will be eights and quads. The short (1000M+) race is at 9 a.m. Dress in layers and, of course, pogies to deal with the temperature. You will be chosen for a boat by a rower who has sworn to be unbiased, free from the pressures to win, calm in the face of threats and open only to covert bribes.
  
• Breakfast is served at 10 a.m. A $5 donation is appreciated! ! Coffee and snacks will be available all morning for those not rowing.

Only once was the row cancelled (due to ice), but never the breakfast! You will find the company cheery and spirited. It's really a great way to begin the year!

For directions go to: http://www.newhavenrowingclub.org/general/directions.htm

Hope to see you at 8:30 on January 1, 2009 at NHRC boathouse!

New Year's Day Row with NRRA, 2001

Recently, I came across these photographs in one of my archives. They are from our 2001 New Year's Day Row/Race with the Norwalk River Rowing Association.

From what I remember of that day, it was clear and extremely cold. The river was completely iced over. At our request, the dam authority opened the Derby Dam about an hour before the race, and the flowing water cleared enough ice to allow us to row upstream to the Indian, and downsteam about as far as the pizza restaurant.

Jim Cooper of NRRA supplied these photos. Many (but not all, of course) were taken by Jim. If you recognize any of the folks that I couldn't identify, please let me know and I'll update this posting.

Enjoy!


Jim Cooper, Malcolm Watson, Ned Williams, Eric Dannemann. Look at all the ice on that cold, cold water!

Rick Dyer, Larry Sweet(?), John Poole, Baxter Walsh.

Jim Benz(?), Phil Negus, Norwalk guy I can't identify, Lisa Rock.

The previous two quads rowing upstream.

The eight: Maria (NRRA) coxing, not sure who the stroke is, Scott Davies, Norm Thetford, Marc Nemeth, not sure, not sure, not sure, Paul Roy with a very thick mustache that year(?).

The eight paddling upstream.

Ned Williams, with two oars frozen to his gloves.

Don Chartier -- Don was the organizer of the New Year's Day Row back in those days. I recall he didn't row that particular morning, giving up his own seat so some one else could go out.

Don viewing the river.

The Lisa Rock quad returns to the dock.

Inside the upstream bay of the NHRC boathouse.

Downstream oar rack and singles tucked away for the winter.

View of the upstream bay door. The boats have been put away, the carpeting picked up, and everyone is breakfasting in the club room! Unfortunately, no breakfast pictures were in this collection.