I was honoured to get a couple of rows with the well-known Sausalito based Open Water Sculling Center a couple of years ago, thanks to Charles Carroll who is a regular correspondent on RSR.
He recently pointed towards this great account of the club’s annual regatta.  It’s a scull from the club out through the San Francisco Golden Gate bridge to a turn round buoy in the ocean and back again.  Read the full text.

Wow, it makes us flat-water, 2k crews seem like absolute pussys!