Right next to the lighthouse, at the end of Boathouse Row along Kelly Drive, there is a pedestal, that used to have a statue of a Viking. A co-worker whose daughter rows on the river, told me that she'd heard from her daughter that the statue had been found in the river, knocked from its pedestal a week or two ago.
Does anyone have any additional details? The statue is not on the pedestal, at this point, so I'm wondering what has become of it.
This is a multi-thread debacle, and archives will be necessary. Thank you, based Removeddit. There aren’t really any long slapfights, but I think the nature of this post and OP’s conduct fit the spirit of SRD.
If I had to choose one quote that sums it up, it would be this comment written by the boat-thief to the captain of the team:
> As far as I see it. We’re even. You pissed me off, I pissed you off. I have no interest in returning to the club and your boat is fine.
Here’s the original thread. And here’s the removeddit thread. OP deleted the incriminating picture, but shoutout to /r/Drama for screenshotting it. It’s interesting that he brought a camera (and a life vest!) into the boat, which suggests that he planned to flip. Also, apparently, he’d never sculled in his life before. For a sweep rower (aka one oar per man), sculling (two oars per man) is challenging at first, and you generally don’t start off in a single. If you do start learning in a single, you begin in a gig (they have kayak-like dimensions, Iike this). A racing shell like the one he stole looks like this. I’d be surprised if OP managed to do much more than push off from the dock before flipping.
Here’s the price table for racing shells from the boat manufacturer’s website, for context.
IDK what oars he used, but assuming he used Concept 2’s, here are the prices for those.
The captain of the KCL men’s team finds the thread, announces that OP is unaffiliated with the team and stole their property. TSS is the Tideway Scullers’ School, so apparently OP didn’t just steal a boat from his former team but oars from a separate club, making this two thefts for the price of one. Here’s removeddit. You’ll need removeddit to see the boat-thief’s attempts to defend himself (including something about how the captain is the one doing “damage control.”) Apparently two cops fished him out of the river. To view everyone’s amusing reactions to OP
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So I'm planning to walk from Boathouse Row in Philadelphia PA to Mt Holly in New Jersey in early January. Hoping to get some tips for prepping/timing. My friend and I are going together, and he's supplying military grade rucksacks and MREs, so we're pretty much set on food, although I'm not sure the exact size we have to work with. Also curious with safety. Anyone with experience with these area's would be appreciated to share any crucial knowledge. I've planned a route that takes me down Ben Franklin parkway, across Philly via race st, across BF bridge. From there I plan to cross under the overpass, up n 5th st to State St, out to federal st. Ultimately Federal st runs all the way through to Mt Holly. Let me know anything you think. My special concerns are the safety of 5th and state. I've traced them through street view and seems not too bad. I've spent some extended time at a former crack house in Trenton, and the neighborhoods don't seem any worse that what was there. Thanks in advanced.
