A description of the instrument, what inspired it, who built it and what uses it might have.

An annotated example of a typical plot of data from the instrument, showing shell acceleration over 4 strokes, and velocity of shell, rower and Centre of Mass.

No! Except as a fitness/conditioning tool. A comparison of forces an athlete experiences on a fixed-head ergometer versus in a single, which shows that the body of an erger experiences much greater and sometimes opposite forces from the rower at the same parts of the stroke, and that the expression "get the weight over" is a very bad thing to say.

An analysis of how the CoM of the boat/rower speeds up and slows down as the rower draws the shell in and drives it away each stroke.

A simple comparison of the forces a shell experiences versus the floating head of a Rowperfect, which shows that the Rowperfect seems to emulate sculling pretty well.

Is the effort required to "do the recovery" on an erg significant? And if so, can it be optimized? (yes, and yes)

There are four simple relationships/equations that broadly describe rowing that when combined, answer these two (actually they're the same) questions. The resulting estimator is useful, and includes "tables of equivalence", including for a 3x!

The first GB team trials each year feature a 2k erg test and a 5k sculling-boat time trial. This article analyses the results data from 2010, 2007 and 2006 and tries to answer the question: "Do ergs float?".

Analysis of the starting order for the 3 most recent Vesta Scullers Heads of River suggests a revamp of the category starting order, to reduce wholesale overtaking during the race.

A method, which will likely apply to any endurance sport, for deciding what pace to expect for distances you haven't done yet based on what you have already done at different distances. Illustrations are drawn from ergo scores and running.

(in "howtorow" section)
The flexibility of our oars and sculls seriously compromises our careful efforts to align arcs and rigs.

It is possible to manage or optimise the run of the boat, but it's probably only for expert crews and can look very like boat-check.

"Sliding Together" is an extremely important part of what makes a crew, and if done badly, virtually guarantees a crew won't go fast no matter how much power there is.

An analysis of the catch and what's actually going on. It's complicated and there are two serious penalties for getting it wrong: loss of lift, and loss of compressed position.

... is the very best exercise to improve a crew, but it needs to be done for extended periods of time and at the start of every possible outing.

...is not nearly as cardinal a sin as is commonly assumed. In fact, in a 1x it's harmless. But it is often a symptom of a crew with poor technique.

... or rowing/sculling with the blades buried deep, far from being a sin is actually the exact opposite: it's necessary.

They're both "necessary but not sufficient". Judging by the the number of slow "ergo boats", improvement via better technique is seemingly more difficult to impart to a crew than getting more training in.

A highly effective and progressive regatta preparation program, plus an equally effective start-of-outing routine (training + technique!).

People get religious about how to keep the drivetrain clean. Here's my gospel.

We all get punctures, and hate them. A quick exposé on how and why they happen, and how to dramatically reduce their frequency.

My fascination with cycling as well as rowing, and applying the same quantitative thinking.

Richmond Park, 10.7km of roadies' heaven, its hills and my process of mapping its gradients every few ten metres.

Using the mathematical model to simulate a ride round Richmond Park's 10.7km road circuit and hills, I present some tables to either predict your time around the Park, or judge a time already done: for different positions e.g. on the brake hoods or tri-bars; or for various combinations of power and weight

Common responses to simulated times are: "how on earth...?" and simple disbelief. Here I describe how it gets done.

Brief outline of the physics involved, and how they are used in a technical description of how the simulated ride-times etc are estimated, and why one can have confidence in them.

Each of the Planets and When and How Best to Observe Them for the Coming Year or two...

Each of the Planets and When and How Best to Observe Them for the Coming Year or two...

My first attempt at photographing and processing a DSO (Deep Sky Object) with a DSLR...

An account of my first attempts to take decent wide-angle nightscape and Milky Way pictures.

My first ever astronomical telescope: what, why, how, surprises, mistakes, lessons...

Number 2: based on practising with my friend's 127, I got one for myself...