Portobello club leads global coastal rowing
The event hosted by Stranraer on Loch Ryan sea-loch finishes on Saturday and Eastern sit ahead of current world champion teams from Dundrum with another Northern Irish club, Sketrick, currently in third place.
Ailsa Cook, from the Eastern club, said: 'We're really delighted to be leading, We came to the competition aiming to be the fastest club in Scotland and we've been blown away by the standard of the racing,. We hope to hold on to the lead but we've still got some hotly contested races to come.
'The 50+ men are excited about the final, they talk about having a bit of magic dust in their boat because they row so well together.'
Some 2000 rowers will compete until Saturday having travelled from the likes of Australia, USA, Canada and South Africa as well as Europe.
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