Perspective comes from being able to get away from the everyday involvement in life to a place where your mind can clear and assume its natural calm state. Around Whitehall's busy office and shop we call it 'throwing out the moat' and the moat gets bigger as we pull away from the dock or launch ramp. Feeling the pull of the oars as the boat surges ahead with each stroke and as your lungs fill with clean refreshing air the daily concerns quickly get into perspective. Thats why there's nothing like 'messing about in a small boat'. There’s
other benefits as well and we're happy to see items showing up such as
the following national newspaper column
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Row, row, row your boat …
Dear Dr. Donohue: I am an active, 42-year old woman and used to be a
long-distance runner. I had to give it up. It was too hard
on my knees. I happen to live on a lake and I have taken up
rowing. I love it, but I wonder if the amount of exercise I get from
rowing is comparable to what I got from running. Is it?
P.J
 What I have to say about rowing a boat applies to rowing
machines as well.
You are engaging in one
of the most demanding of all exercises. Rowing increases muscle
strength as well as conditions the heart. Many state that it is
the best all-around conditioning exercise there is.
One of the beauties of
rowing is that it allows a person to control the intensity of exercise
by increasing or decreasing the number of strokes rowed per minute.
If a person is just starting out, 12 strokes a minute is a good
limit. You don’t have to do 12. If all you can row is
three, great. As you work at it, aim for a pace of 20 to 25
strokes a minute. The more rapid the strokes, the less time a
person is able to keep at it, but doing many strokes per minute
produces a good muscle workout and a good heart workout.
A 137-pound (62kg) woman burns
from seven to 10 calories a minute while rowing. Minute by
minute, that’s the equivalent of the amount of calories she would
expend running a marathon in three hours and 45 minutes. If a
person can run that fast and that long, invitations to marathon events
will flood his or her mail.
You are not working only the upper body.
Your thigh muscles, buttock muscles, abdominal muscles and back
muscles as well as your shoulders and arms get in on the act.
If you tried, you would be hard-pressed to
find another exercise that provides such benefits. Furthermore,
you are protecting your knees.
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Whitehall Rowing Club is in the beginning phase in Coronado Cays San
Diego.
There are a few Whitehall rowboats docked in the Cays and being a waterfront
community it’s a perfect setting for a rowing club to be formed.
Can you imagine living on a beautiful canal with a dock and not having
a Whitehall? For more information go to dreamhomesmag.com Click
on “Dream
Communities,” then on “Coronado Cays.”
The Minto Dinghy received a
great review in a recent issue of Cruising World Magazine.
It was rated along with 13 other Hard Dinghies and received the finest
praise for its rowing qualities and hull design. As for beauty heres
the quote.
“ As much a museum piece as it is a workboat,
the beautiful Minto excels in quality teak joinery and bronze hardware”
The custom Whitehall Truck piloted by Dick Hahn has already made a dozen
trips totaling over 100,000 miles delivering boats to happy new boat
owners across North America
This year we are carrying a much improved inventory of many popular models and by ordering soon you can have your favorite one delivered right to you in time for this summers enjoyment.
Give Marie Hutchinson or Harold Aune a call at 1 800 663 7481 or 1 250 384 6506 (fax) and arrange the details.
