In July 2001, the Melbourne Argonauts Queer Rowing Club was granted affiliation with Rowing Victoria. Additionally, the first club logo was created in addition to the selection of our colours and a uniform. Maxi got to work building some boat slings to compliment the space we had acquired at the Powerhouse / Lord Somers Pavilion at the south end of Albert Park Lake.

Sandy and Maxi have been looking into the uniform. To get affiliated, we had to provide a description of this to Rowing Victoria, so we put our heads together and came up with a black-purple-white colour scheme. They got a zootie made up (see photo). Sandy agreed to model the zootie, but I think he’s lost some weight. He looks a lot like a coat hanger to me.

Having finally established the club name, some work has been done to formulate some things like the club colours and image. christopher [sic] has done a magnificent job developing the club logo. It’s based on a design inspired by the ram’s horns, from the Greek mythology that inspired our name. It also represents the water puddle left by the oars.