Ashwin,
The year 1976...
The place...Oxford UK
I was number 4 in an 8 man shell...for my small college in the Uni....picked because I was one of the few who could do 10 pull-ups on command. Never rowed before...months of running and rowing for the big bump races...
Left a few weeks before the races to start medical school in the states...my replacement filled the shell and did his part....
So today the closest I get to it all is a Concept 2 rowing machine....
Precious memories that you have well evoked with your pictures.
Regards,
Bob