The first racing shells, known as Lapstrake, or clinker boats, had hulls made from overlapping wooden planks called strakes. The hull is the shell frame, or main body, of the boat. George Pocock ...

choose a state-of-the-art racing shell made out of carbon fiber. But if your goal is to look good, turn heads and have fun, ...

She came from a family of rowers and boat builders and her brother George Pocock would go on to become a master builder of racing shells renowned throughout the country. Lucy Pocock revitalized ...

and more recently by a movie based on the book — and as the former site of prolific boat builder George Pocock's workshop. Pocock built the racing shell that carried the 1936 Olympics team to ...

Even now, the rowing world fondly remembers his contributions, which are still ongoing through the ‘George Pocock Rowing Foundation’. However, the racing shell-maker could not have thrived in ...