The “stern four” rowers from the 2004 men’s

Olympic gold medal “eight” pose in the Hoh

with the boat’s builder and former Olympic

coach Stan Pocock (on dock).

Photo by Dianne Roberts

The Hoh, the restored wooden Pocock “four” that was rowed to Olympic gold in 1960, will be presented to the George Pocock Rowing Foundation in a public ceremony to be held at the George Pocock Memorial Rowing Center in Seattle at 5:30 p.m. on Sat., Oct. 8.

The Hoh was suffering from long neglect when she was donated to the Wooden Boat Foundation in 2002. She was lovingly and meticulously restored by countless volunteers under the leadership of Ted Shoulberg and the guidance of master shipwright Steve Chapin, and for the past three years has been a treasured jewel of the Port Townsend community rowing fleet.

In honor of her builder, Stan Pocock (who also coached the Lake Washington Rowing Club men’s crew to that Olympic gold), the Hoh will now be returned to the George Pocock Memorial Rowing Center, where she will be on prominent display.

In a parallel Port Townsend ceremony on Sept. 10 during the annual Wooden Boat Festival, members of the local Rat Island Rowing & Sculling Club saluted Stan Pocock and bid farewell to the lovely boat that was brought back to life here on Port Townsend Bay.

Photo by Shelly Randall

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Read more about the Pocock legacy that is being kept alive by the Wooden Boat Foundation and Northwest Maritime Center.

Read more about the Hoh in “It’s ‘Land Ho!’ For the Hoh,” as published in the Port Townsend Leader newspaper on Aug. 31, 2005.

For directions to the Oct. 8 event at the George Pocock Memorial Rowing Center, click here.