Althouse: Sunrise on the water at 7:01 and 6:56 this morning.

October 5, 2022

Sunrise on the water at 7:01 and 6:56 this morning.

That one is purely about the light on the water.

The earlier one has some human excitement — ~~sculling~~ sweeping:

23 comments:

wendybar said...: Zelensky loves the billions Biden keeps on sending him....he doens't WANT peace. He wants the money the Bidens owe him.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/10/ukrainian-pm-zelensky-posts-twitter-poll-labeling-elon-musk-russia-supporter-musk-calls-peace-ukraine/; 10/5/22, 9:49 AM
wendybar said...: More from the Bobulinski interview on Tucker last night. A Biden WARNING?? FBI informed, but did NOTHING...as usual.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/10/sending-message-bobulinski-says-jim-biden-called-middle-interview-fbi-october-2020-election-no-one-line-video/; 10/5/22, 9:53 AM
rcocean said...: Very nice.; 10/5/22, 9:59 AM
Gilbert Pinfold said...: Pedantic note--that is actually "sweep" rowing in an eight--two rowers in the boats are "setting up" to keep the keel level. In sweep, each rower has one oar, with blades being either on the port or starboard. In the sculling discipline, each rower has two oars, with blades on both port and starboard--singles are always sculling, or you would be upside down very quickly!
I coached at Mendota Rowing Club 1984-1987, but these look like UW eights with red blades.; 10/5/22, 10:32 AM
wendybar said...: The New York Times is spewing disinformation. They seem to think you can regulate the weather. Send more of your tax money to DC so they can send it all to Zelensky to repay the Biden debt!!!

The New York Times
@nytimes
Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Florida Republicans rejected major climate laws. Now they’re seeking storm aid.; 10/5/22, 10:33 AM
Owen said...: That is not “sculling”. Sculling oars are not sweep oars. They are shorter and lighter, with each person pulling a pair of them (one to starboard, one to port). Classic example is “single scull.”

What we see in the pic is an 8 with cox, each sweep oar being pulled by one person. Four oars to port, four to starboard.

Sorry to be so picky but there it is.

Nice pics. I hope the rowers are working hard enough to stay warm!; 10/5/22, 10:36 AM
Owen said...: I just viewed the video of the two crews working on their timing in a classic drill. They seem to be moving well —no obvious “check” at the catch, good set-up, good power control (looks like “light pressure,” not even quarter power).

I hope they come to cherish their time in the boat as much as I have done. It’s a beautiful sport.; 10/5/22, 10:48 AM
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Jefferson's Revenge said...: We have a nice rowing culture here near Philly. I am not a part of it but I've always appreciated Boathouse Row on the Schuylkill River. There is a nice road that goes through the park adjacent to the river and you can see the boats and crews from all the colleges and private high schools out on the water as you drive by. I've always been envious of people who've had that experience in their lives.

Just as an aside, that park is the largest urban park in the country, possibly the world. Most of it is untamed, not like Central Park in NY.; 10/5/22, 10:59 AM
Ann Althouse said...: Thanks, Gilbert.

I was trying to get the word right and avoid just saying "rowing" or "boating." Thanks for the info!; 10/5/22, 11:02 AM
Lilly, a dog said...: It looks like the crews are just warming up with a drill before the coach arrives. Rowing by sixes with square blades. That morning water looks perfect for rowing.; 10/5/22, 11:50 AM
Howard said...: My dad always got upset when people would call it the crew team because redundant. Et vous pret, partez; 10/5/22, 12:02 PM
Howard said...: They're not rowers they are called oarsmen.; 10/5/22, 12:04 PM
Lurker21 said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/5/22, 12:07 PM
Lurker21 said...: Bring back galley slaves. Prisoners could easily beat the college kids and dilettantes who dominate the sport now.

FYI, New York Times spins on a dime from one day to the next on the election firm story.

Monday,

How a Tiny Elections Company Became a Conspiracy Theory Target

Tuesday,

Election Software Executive Arrested on Suspicion of Theft

Same author to both stories, I believe. I don't know if the bigger conspiracy theories have been proven yet, but with a name like "Konntech," did you really want to trust the company?; 10/5/22, 12:10 PM
Jaq said...: Is Biden aligned with Putin since he continues to suppress US energy production?; 10/5/22, 12:35 PM
walk don't run said...: Just to complicate things, sculling also refers to propelling a boat using one oar over the stern of the boat. Here's an article about it.

https://www.pbo.co.uk/seamanship/sculling-over-the-stern-20811

When I was growing up in Bermuda, this type of sculling was quite common and my family was fortunate to be good friends with a true Bermuda boatman who wouldn't dream of using two oars. He taught me how to scull and contrary to the article, it is really quite difficult to learn since the oar keeps on trying to float! I am sad to say the practice is slowly dying out except for in the mangroves of Hungry Bay where it is the only possible way to get through the narrow passages.; 10/5/22, 12:43 PM
walk don't run said...: Oh by the way the picture of the expert in the article using 2 hands facing backwards is absolutely nonsense. We used to scull using one hand and face forward. That is the other benefit of sculling, you can see where you are going. Rowing is hopeless in that regard. Rowing out to my boat at mooring, I don't know how many moored boats I have accidentally hit. It's truly a dysfunctional way to propel a boat. Can you imagine driving a car facing backwards!; 10/5/22, 12:51 PM
walk don't run said...: One final word, When we were in Venice we went on the obligatory gondola ride. I tried to persuade the gondolier to let me propel the boat but he was understandably very reluctant to let me try. By observation their skills were identical to what I learned but it would have been nice to see if I could actually propel the gondola. It wasn't at all like the gondola ride at the Venetian Hotel in Lost Wages where I detected that the so called gondola had an electric motor that propelled the boat operated by a foot button!! When I pointed it out to him, he quietly said, "Shhhh!" You gotta love America!

Our first morning in Venice we were in a room overlooking the Grand Canal. It was surprisingly quiet and when we opened the door to the balcony there were hundreds of
hand propelled craft navigating the Canal. Once a year they ban all motorised boats from the Grand Canal for a parade of hand propelled boats of all sizes. It was fantastic! My favourite were the multi-oared boats with the rowers standing up and facing forward, pushing the oar rather than pulling it, all dressed in traditional garb. Here's an article about it.

https://veneziaautentica.com/venetian-rowing/; 10/5/22, 1:09 PM
henge2243 said...: There is nothing like doing those concentration drills on glassy water at sunrise. So quiet and peaceful.; 10/5/22, 1:11 PM
Jaq said...: So the US now says that Ukraine killed Darya Dugina, but in a set of staggeringly unlikely coincidences, COVID did not come from a lab leak of eerily similar US funded research, but from a pangolin naturally combining the same viruses within miles of the lab, and multiple individual pipelines with different histories developed the same explosive flaw in the same area; not even the Germans believe that second one, and German engineers were involved in running the pipelines.; 10/5/22, 2:57 PM
Karen of Texas said...: Meanwhile in Vermont over the weekend there was an intriguing confrontation:; 10/5/22, 4:53 PM
Michael K said...: Blogger Howard said...

They're not rowers they are called oarsmen.

Like the guy who lost one of his oars in the middle of a pond. He called to another boat, "Hey buddy, can you lend me one of you oars?" The guy replied, "These ain't oars. They're my mother and sister."

That might have been Walden Pond, now that I think of it. You might have been there doing one of your he-man workouts,; 10/5/22, 6:00 PM