TapeS 1938 HRR, England 8+ & Ted Phelps

[@robinbarwick8473]

...and to top it all, Ted Phelps, sculling right over left ( the horror!), beautiful light touch in his flat wrists and relaxed grip on the recovery and the piece de resistance, casually sculling behind a launch, wash sweeping over the canvas...but still, every stroke perfectly balanced.

[@andyhall7032]

"the first 5 years are the worst...and then you get used to it"

[@robinbarwick8473]

This an absolute joy. Excellent footage of the deadest of dead heats ( the crews going exactly the same speed for the last 100m), The 'Empire Eight' demonstrating the same lightness and slight 'lift' of the blade on the recovery as the Kiwi 2021 Olympic Champs...

[@christophersanton]

I'm struggling to identify several of those bridges.

[@richardstuart325]

Idyllic scenes from 1938. Those young lads were soon to be facing an altogether different type of contest.

[@stephenwise7980]

Dick Phelps was my boatman at Thames until 1966. Did you race with Malcolm McGowan in a Scullers eight in the Leyland Daf sprints?

[@stephenwise7980]

Dick Phelps was my boatman at Thames until 1966. Did you race with Malcolm McGowan in a Scullers eight in the Leyland Daf sprints?

[@MostynARC]

Yes I did in 1988, you can see those DAF sprints on this channel