Top: Michael Brown, Mark Wilde-Ramsing, Hargy Heap and Shane Whitehead row singles in Banks Channel after launching at Brown’s Wrightsville Beach residence. Right: The women’s sweep team prepares to launch an eight from the Cape Fear River Rowing Club dock. Cape Fear. Rowers make a U-turn and fin-ish back at the starting line. Everyone has to contend with the wake of water traffic. In the 1800s, working boats were a problem. Today, rowers have to keep an eye out for tour boats. As much work as it is, Wilde-Ramsing says he never gets tired. “You feel the rhythm, whether you’re alone or in sync with others in the boat,” he says. “It’s like a rower’s high. It makes you hooked forever.” www.wrightsvillebeachmagazine.com • • 63 WBM
2014-9
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