Here’s your weekly opportunity to enjoy tales from others who also love rowing. This weekly round-up is for a short list of interesting, in-depth articles for you to read over the weekend.

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This week in the rowing online news several stories caught our eye:

• GB Sport kit for the Olympics revealed.  Stella McCartney was the designer…. read the comments on Talk Rowing (!)
• The World Pilot Gig Championships are a week away.  This incredibly large competition races traditional Cornish working boats – worth watching out for and reading the race website
• Some fun on QuickMeme