Out-Foxed in Red Wing
In 1875, The Red Wing Boat Club challenged their upstream rivals in Stillwater to a two-mile, out and back, four-oared race for a $100...
The Badgers vs. The Business Men of MBC
In the spring of 1894, Schlitz Brewing of Milwaukee donated a stunning three-foot, gold-lined, silver challenge cup to the University of...
Badgers vs. the Men of the Minnesota Boat Club:
Sponsored by Schlitz Brewing of Milwaukee
Students at the University of Wisconsin initiated their first rowing club in 1874,[1] the same year the University hired John Bascom to...
Chicago Heist: How the Lincoln Park Boat Club made off with the coveted Sir Thomas Lipton Cup
Only once in the history of the North-Western International Rowing Association (NWIRA) has a ‘foreign,’ non-Association, club walked away...
Lake Elmo: That uncannily perfect 2000-meter straightaway course
To say that Minnesota has a strong outdoor recreational culture that revolves around its lakes is probably stating the obvious. Known as...
Celebrating the 4th on Raspberry Island
In early 1874, the men of the Minnesota Boat Club finally abandoned the floating boathouse that they had moored to the foot of the Robert...
Love-Hate Eight Part 2: In which the men of MBC seize an unexpected opportunity to race
Dubbed ‘The Year of Triumph[1],’ 1893 was a banner year for MBC, one of unexpected and sustained victory. By the time the 1893 Minnesota...
The Love-Hate Eight Part 1: In which the men of MBC buy their first eight-oared shell and get salty
It took over twenty years for the men of the Minnesota Boat Club (MBC) to get around to buying an eight, and it was Winnipeg’s idea. It...
