Riverman Rowing and Sculling
George Parsonage has won close to 800 races on waterways mostly in Scotland.
Click here to read about Trophies won over the years
Historical and present names of Scottish Boats.
Scottish Rowing Clubs Present and Historical
Nicknames of Scottish scullers
Names of crews who competed in Scottish Regattas
Miscellaneous Comments and Articles on Scottish Rowing.
List of winners of the Scottish Sculling Championships Freer Cup.
Photos and comments regarding development of boats, equipment, sculling blades and oars.
Leather button for oars. Several pieces of leather were cut into rectangles the longest edge being just under the width of the oarloom, and each of the 4 or 5 pieces of leather just smaller than the one below.
Placed on top of each other they were laid on a block of wood on the workbench and galvanised usually 2 inch nails were driven through.
A chizel was used to go down the sides of the leathers and even them up and the four corners were bevelled.
The button was then prised off the block of wood. The button was turned upside down on the vice hich was closed to just the width of the nail heads. The nails were then knocked back out until flush with the bottom piece of leather.
Removed from vice the button was then laid in place on the back of the oar and nailed on. They were a good form of button but over time the oar ould rot away at the nails and the loom snap.
