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Barney Dog joined our rowing team making him our first four legged member! He was quite at home either sitting up on the bow seat or propping his from paws on the lower gunnel to enjoy a nice view of Devenish. Barney belongs to one of our members, Tony, who organsied a row for The…
We had a great row this Sat 8th Nov. With the Sun shining and a fast flow we literally ‘flew’ down the lough through Protora Lock and off to Devenish. There wasn’t a dust of wind. We needed Mary’s buns as we had a tough row back to the Round O against the…
Thanks to all the guys who turned out on Sunday to create a cover for the Manapian. After much dicussion we decided to create a caravan by using blue tubing (as the gang at CCMHG have used) and securing a taurpaulin over it – very cosy Chelck out the photos The finished job! Who’s…
We have been enjoying some night rows throughout October. We took advantage of the Full Moon on 8th October to head out with the North West Mountain Rescue team as crew to Devenish Island. We were joined by Erne Paddlers at Protora Lock for a memorable row up through the Friar’s Leap and on to…
Row the Erne spent last Saturday helping the folk at CCMHG start repairs on the Colmcille. We headed up in convoy on Sat morning to Derry/Londonderry with the oars and gear we had borrowed. We started with a cup of tea as usual – then got stuck into helping the guys remove the skin from…
Read all about our boat build on the BBC website We had great fun building it and now we can share that journey with lots of others. Come out and row with us.
Check out the BBC coverage of our build. Julian Fowler, the South West Correspondant got stuck in on the build and reaped the rewards with a row on launch day Click here to enjoy the video Keep an eye on our website and facebook page for upcoming rows.
The Impartial Reporter has been following our Curach building progress from May. Read the full article in this weeks edition on Pages 8 and 9. There are some lovely photos of Kieran working in the bow and shows the boat progressing from assembling the gunnels to the boat in its final stages Read the Article
It’s been shoulder to the wheel when its come to stringing the boat. Its been a great team effort to get all the stingers on. The stringers are the long narrow pieces of wood (lathes) made from spruce. they are laid stern to bow (back to front) along the boat. We tend to work in…
Row the Erne earned its first qualification in First Aid. 10 of us enjoyed a course in Expedition Care Programme (ECP) Chris Webb delivered a great course that everyone enjoyed while learning lots and he constantly made it relevant to our needs on the curach. Check out the pictures below
