by Richard Bailey | Jan 11, 2022 | All Articles, Announcements & News
Settemari was built by father and son team, Guido and Marco Bote. Guido was a friend of Piero’s when they were both young. Guido was a wizard with a band saw, and cut out all the panels and other parts. Marco banged the boat together with iron nails in one or two...
by Richard Bailey | Dec 31, 2020 | All Articles, Venetian Rowing Technique
Assembled from early morning were Richard Heffer, Kip Loades, Piero Bortoli and Ricardo Bailey. They launched the dark blue Venetian sandolo, Serena, and Piero demonstrated the art of “knitting”, Venetian style. With grace, he showed and told us what he had learned as...
by Richard Bailey | May 10, 2020 | All Articles, Vignettes & Reminiscences
The one in the photograph had been owned by a turn-of-the-century author, Marie Corelli, but she had died in 1924. Amazingly I found the boat still existed; I tracked it down to a film services company that used it as an occasional prop, but they were in no mood to...
by Richard Bailey | Jul 4, 2019 | All Articles, Outings & Excursions
The event reflected the peace regatta of 1919. Of 27 trophies awarded, Brooks University Oxford, New Zealand, and Leander Club all took FOUR, showing, their dominance of the rowing scene this year. Many members of City Barge were privileged to be able to watch the...
