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Newsletter February 2010 By Harold Aune VP

It’s been an exciting and eventful year so far and we are looking forward to making a splash in some new ways. Read on!

The New Whitehall Spirit® Tango 17™ hits the Water!

Here are a few shots of Marie Hutchinson, Andrea Guyon and me testing out the Tango 17™. The best part was how well it rowed with only one person aboard. Like the Solo 14™ the Tango 17™ is totally easy to maneuver even thought it’s three feet longer. Even better is how it rows with two aboard where the added oar power of the second rower makes it smooth and fast in a good chop. Check out the shots. More to follow soon.

Seattle International Boat Show

Come see the boats that are changing lives! Whitehall Spirit® owners say their boats have helped them feel much younger, stronger, lighter and happier. This was the lead line we used to get people’s attention and many folks came to see the display that included the new Tango 17™. Several new owners have already gotten out in their new boats!

Whitehall Spirit® Rowing Club™ opens in Victoria

Imagine simply uncovering and unlocking your designated rowing boat, located handily on a nice rowing dock, sliding it into the water and heading out for a revitalizing hour row. Simple, quick and easy and for less cost than moorage fees in a private marina. Also no maintenance, repairs, insurance expenses or fuel costs. It’s as green as it gets.

The Club dock, located at 500 Swift Street near Chinatown features the Whitehall Spirit® Solo 14™ and Tango 17™ sliding seat rowing boats. As most of you already know the boats are virtually unsinkable, safe, beautiful and known for their grace, speed, and ability to handle rough water and windy conditions.

The official opening is Saturday March 6th at 1pm and you’re invited
to join us and a few famous rowers including Olympians Adam Kreek and John Sayre. Call Andrea for more information. 1 800 663 7481 or Andrea@whitehallrow.com

Doc Side: How Rowing Affects Aging and Muscle Mass

By Dr. John Degnan, Orthopedic Surgeon & Sports Medicine Specialist

Hello all. Today we will discuss aging and muscle mass. Muscle mass or lean body weight is important for all the obvious reasons; strength, movement, and co-ordination, but also for appearance and metabolism.

Muscles give one’s body tone and a youthful appearance while producing an increase in your basal metabolic rate. The resulting vitality requires energy, thus caloric expenditure, even while you are inactive. So lean people burn more calories while riding the same bus as their pudgy counterparts, which hardly seems fair but it’s true.

At about the age of 50 we start losing about 1-2 % of our lean mass per year, which is called sarcopenia. Simply put muscle is replaced with fat and you start to sag and stoop like your granny, all the while burning less calories. Sarcopenia cannot be stopped but resistance training really slows it down, and that is another miracle of rowing.

Rowing is one of the few exercises that combines resistance training with cardiovascular for the combined benefits in one effort. So help your heart and booty all in one smooth motion on the water.

Strength and honor, Dr. D

Love Getting Fan Mail?

We received the following from the new owners of a Solo 14™ they had shipped all the way from us here in western Canada to their lakeside location in the tiny country of Montenegro. What a beautiful place!

Hi all at Whitehall,

All the best to you all for a healthy, happy and prosperous 2010.

We are enjoying our Solo 14™ every day. On the few days we don't row, we just enjoy looking at her bobbing on the water right in front of our window.

We paid through the nose to Montenegro customs and they did charge us for transport and the crate. However, we knew this was going to be an expensive project. In the end it is worth it as we are really enjoying the boat and rowing as exercise.

Janko went out today and came back with three eels that a fisherman friend he met on the lake gave him and the other day we tandem rowed our bag of garbage to the local village where there are containers (remember we have no road to our house). On the way back we collected water at the spring. So the boat is taking on a truly local character (smells of fish!) and is definitely used as a working boat as well as a great way to exercise.

We spent the first few weeks rowing with the oars to get our bodies used to the new exercise and just a couple of days ago started with the sculls. The locals are fascinated by how fast we go as they paddle along elegantly but more slowly in their canoes. Probably a good idea that we got those heavy cables and locks!

All the best,
Caroline and Janko Jovicevic



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