Comments on: Philly To Dad Vail Regatta: Don’t Let The Door Hit You In Your Flat, Preppy Ass

By: Charlie_O

Charlie_O — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:49:27 +0000

Crew is an arrogant elitist sport. Right up there with polo and fox hunting. I’ll shed no tears for the departure of the Dad-Vail or any regatta. For years I lived in East Falls, where the Dad-Vail was a source of ponderous congestion and delay. Jersey can have it.

By: sluggerB

sluggerB — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:54:39 +0000

er…shirtless…SHIRTLESS

By: sluggerB

sluggerB — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:54:12 +0000

Rowing or not, you can’t say it wasn’t good shitless boy eye candy.

By: philthydan

philthydan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:13:25 +0000

“One less Kelly drive closure while west river, aka MLK drive is also closed. good riddance.”

There, I fixed that for ya. :)

Worst traffic weekend of the year if you needed to get from mt airy to center city.

By: yawnsy

yawnsy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:49:40 +0000

One less Kelly drive closure, good riddance.

Have fun driving home drunk through the peoples republic of nj, douchebags!

By: Walter Sobchak

Walter Sobchak — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:32:35 +0000

Philly’s a great rowing venue for a lot of reasons, like the proximity of the city itself and Boathouse Row, but the course is not great for sprint races. The lanes aren’t equal, mainly because we have a big turn at the Strawberry Mansion bridge. That’s why we’ll never get anything like world championships.

Head of the Schuylkill has the potential to be a bigger event. That one begins at Laurel Hill Cemetery and runs almost to Boathouse Row, and the boats don’t have to race 6 across.

By: J T. Ramsay

J T. Ramsay — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:11:51 +0000

When IRAs moved to Cherry Hill, Dad Vails days were numbered. Nevertheless, I’m still proud of my Dad Vail win in ‘99!

By: Timo

Timo — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:55:53 +0000

Etes-vous pret? Partez!