Strachan with double Olympic champions Caroline (left) and Georgina Evers-Swindell. : Rowing: No stopping Strachan yet

The Strachans with Olympic and world champion Hamish Bond. : Rowing: No stopping Strachan yet

Strachan with the North End intermediate lightweight crew that won the New Zealand title at Lake Ruataniwha in 1989. Andrew Jolly (left) and Chris Scott flank Strachan, and in the front are Andrew Miller, Scott Gloag (cox) and Paul Griffith. : Rowing: No stopping Strachan yet

The North End Rowing Club's maiden four in 1945-46. Standing (from left): Fred Strachan, Bill Clark, Richard Little and Frank Hodge. Club president Walter Glengarry and cox Bill Crombie are the others pictured. Photos supplied. : Rowing: No stopping Strachan yet

The Strachan-coached North End crew that won the Boss Rooster (premier four) at the 1960 national championships in Picton. The cox is Keith Arthur and the rowers are (from left) Bart Scott, Les Arthur, Noel Montgomery and John Barton. : Rowing: No stopping Strachan yet

Strachan (right), 7-week-old daughter Emma and wife Kate greet Athol Earl on his return from the 1972 Olympic Games. : Rowing: No stopping Strachan yet