Spotlight on rowing.

Rain really was due on Thursday night.

CBC juniors rounding the big turn

Friday's rains came with a bow.

Lily and Jillian making puddles at dusk.

I chose to row at dawn, instead.

Eric's new toy. Awaiting the arrival of mine at the end of the month. So good, you can row it in your sleep.

The basin was angry that day, my friend.

Rob, enjoying the sunshine, laughing (at me).

Josh K rowing past a foggy Beacon Hill.

(BU) Women at work.

Circular lens flare rainbow around Ellis Island, where so many dreams began.

Harvard rows under the CITGO sign. Not very Boston at all.

Since it will be in short supply for the next few days, have some sun!

Niles.

And Hash, with motion blur. People who train together end up on the blog together.

Lily getting some glass cutting in.

Spiral stairway to heaven.

Coach K and ETW supervising MIT Heavyweights in the basin.

Church spire with the State Street building in the background.

HVL in shadows

Meanwhile, RVL were leaving ghost puddles behind.

CRI locked and loaded.

Moody Newell.

Alexis says "Happy International Row in the Basin by Yourself Day!" Oh, and Happy International Women's Day, too!

What a perfect morning.

BHS and RBC Junior alum Alex Meyer bending an oar for Williams College. (Thanks to Katy for the ID).

Hello, friend.

Williams came to visit the Charles this weekend.

Wondering through downtown Manhattan.

BU women taking advantage of the great water this afternoon

And it just kept getting better.

Gentle Giant's Mike Fratus needs a kidney transplant, as seen on the back of his wife Samantha's tank top at CRASH-Bs, and the sign help up by his parents in the stands. Read more here, and if you can help, that would obviously be amazing.

Last throes of winter, hopefully!

One iPod per K?

More from the Tuesday morning expedition.

Junior men's winner Christian Tabash went 6:01 and narrowly edged out one of his teammates for the win.

Meanwhile, Emily Delleman enjoyed a slightly larger cushion, winning with a pretty speedy 6:43.8.

Freedom Tower reflecting the midday sun.

Well that's not too bad for the first day of March.

Not bad at all.

It's good to know that even men who've been working on their erg faces since day one still get the same enjoyment out of it as the rest of us.

Rowing!

First and foremost, here's Mike Farry.

And here's Mike Farry celebrating.

And here's Mike Farry with his hammer and his adoring fan.

Lily battled Michelle Lazorchak, and ended up with her second CRASH-B's silver medal.

Wisconsin's James Letten crushed the competition in the open race.

Though funnily enough, Graham Benton actually had the fastest time of the day, by 1.1 seconds in the 40-49 Masters(!!!).

And the Charles says, enough with the erging already.