Handcar Regatta

I, Erasmus P. Kitty, can get behind anything titled “The Menaissance — The Death of the Metrosexual and the Rise of the Retrosexual.” Brett McKay of The Art of Manliness blog builds an excellent case for today’s male in abandoning the tired masculine stereotypes for yesteryear’s values of our more handsome and capable grandfathers.

Now, because words like “manliness” and “masculine” have been spoken doesn’t mean your cliché or feminist hackles need rise. Brett’s Ignite presentation clearly points to the greater attributes of our forefathers and not the lesser ones better forgotten such as inequality or sexist behavior.

Like our bonny chaps who build and race at The Regatta, we embrace certain values of the DIY doers, well attired, and in gentlemanly spirit of communal festivity and hearty competition. Take a moment to watch the this motion picture presentation: