Jacob L. and Faith E. Williamsburg, United States

Proposal Type: Romantic

We met through a community rowing club, and after we had been dating about 1 1/2 years, he proposed on the water. He was in a launch boat while I was rowing. He had enlisted the other women in the boat to be in on the secret, as well as the two people in the launch with him.

The other people in the launch were parents of high school rowers who also rowed out of the club, and they had asked to videotape our row to instruct their kids. My fiancé was in the launch with them (he was coaching the high school kids at that time).

After we had been rowing for a little while, the woman behind me said that she heard something rattling in the boat. I didn't hear anything, so I ignored her statement. Then the woman in front of me also indicated she heard a rattle. So we stopped rowing to look for what was causing this rattle that I still did not hear. The woman behind me looked under her seat and announced nothing was there, so I decided to look under my seat, and noticed a yellow rubber duck.

I announced to the boat that I had found a rubber duck under my seat, and as I was pulling it out, noticed that there was something taped to the bottom of the duck. I pulled it out further and noticed that what was taped to it was a jewelry box. At this point I started to clue in, and looked up at my fiancé, who simply said, "Please don't drop that in the water!"

Opening the box, I found the engagement ring. He proposed, I said yes, and it's all captured on videotape for posterity!

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