John Waugh

John Waugh (1945-2018) was noted by Forbes Magazine as South Africa's leading builder of rowing boats. His company, John Waugh Racing Boats, is a recognised rowing boat builder.

Early life and education Arthur John Barrow Waugh was born in Cape Town in 1945, but spent his childhood growing up on a rural farm in Mwinilunga, Zambia. He was educated at Whitestone School in Bulawayo and Blundell's School in Devon. Following the early death of their mother, Margaret Waugh (née, Donald), their aunt Dame Alison Munro DBE.

Waugh took up rowing whilst at university and ultimately graduated with an MSc in Marine Biology.

The South African "John Waugh Rock the Boat" rowing regatta series, initiated by South African Gold Medal Rowing Olympians James Thompson and Matthew Brittain, also carries Waugh's name.

Outside South Africa, St Edmund Hall Boat Club's third men's boat races an eight built by John Waugh. There was also previously a container shipment of boats to Ireland and various examples of John Waugh boats are seen on the Thames Tideway.