I learned to swim here as a child, as did my son just 34 years ago, and we both have sailed here since our respective childhoods. I took up rowing last year, for many remarkably good reasons, and last week he made his own debut in a single scull.
For me, rowing is entirely different from the practice of photography, which is all visual and intuitive. Rowing is all kinesthetic and counterintuitive. I do my best work in both activities when I can set my mind deep into the background.