Links
Four places you'll visit Often:
| Row2k | Rowing's home on the web is a great site that most rowers follow closely. It has something new every day so there's always a reason to look. |
| irow.com | "Throughout the year, our focus and content will adjust to meet the demands of the particular group competing. For example, the spring season will lend itself most heavily to high school and collegiate rowing where we will provide up-to-the minute results, photos, and coaches' polls. As we move into the summer, fresh articles and pictures involving masters and club rowing will begin to filter in. The transition to the fall "head of the river" regattas will be as busy as it will be fun, for it's one of the few times when nearly all of the rowing community shares the same water at the same time. We're here for everyone, to bring the latest in rowing news, products, and services." |
| Rower's World | Another site that has frequently updated info on all sorts of crew topics. A lot of rowing photos (mainly collegiate) and links to other sites too. |
| Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia | They run the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta and the Stotesbury Cup Regatta. Their site has schedules, maps and other info. |
Rower brain food:
| The physics of rowing | A lot of information that explains the physical factors affecting rowing. Impress your coach by commenting on how shallow water might be affecting yourboat's boundary layer viscosity coefficient. |
| History of the sliding seat | |
| Rowing physiology and performance links | |
| Erg Score Calculator | Track your own progress without having to bother the coach. |
| UK-US Rowing Glossary | In case you make it to Henley |
| Coxing style and substance | |
| A collection of rowing quotes | |
| The Coxswain Cafe | An ex-high school coxswain's site dedicated to the art of cox'ing. |
Big lists of crew sites around the world:
| Rachel Quarrell's Rowing Service | A very full & well organized list of sites run by a lady in England. |
| The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Rowing | |
| US Collegiate Rowing Links | All (over 250) of the college crew teams are listed here. |
| US High School Crew Teams | Here's 61 high school crew websites to go explore. |
Some key crew events:
| Head of the Charles | Held in Boston every October |
| Henley Royal Regatta | At Henley on Thames in the UK. |
| Head of the Schuylkill Regatta | In Philadelphia every October. |
| Stotesbury Cup Regatta | On Philadelphia's Schuylkill River every spring for the last 75 years. |
| Royal Canadian Henley Regatta | Held every August at St Catherine's, Ontario, Canada |
| C.R.A.S.H. - B. Indoor Regatta | Also in Boston but in February time frame. |
| US Club National Championships | |
| Olympics Rowing |
Crew organizations:
| National Capital Area Scholastic Rowing Association, Inc. | Our local chapter of SRA (see below). Has links to other high school crew clubs in our area and info on local regattas. |
| Scholastic Rowing Association of America | The United States' governing body for high school level crew competitions. |
| US Rowing Association | US Rowing is the official body that governs the sport of rowing inside the USA. US Rowing Mission Statement: US Rowing's mission is to serve our members, providing leadership and opportunities for all people to experience rowing from recreation to Olympic victory. |
| National Collegiate Athletic Association | The National Collegiate Athletic Association establishs rules that affect how and when high school athletes can talk to college crew coaches. In general, you have to be a HS junior in July of your junior year before you (the athlete) can talk directly to an NCAA-sanctioned crew coach. This gets very complex and is compounded by many colleges interpreting the NCAA rules differently. Do your homework on this one in your sophomore year of HS. |
| U.S. Olympic Committee | Here's the USOC pages that talk about crew. It has a slide show about crew too. The next Olympic crew competition will be held this summer in Sydney, Australia and then in 2004 at Athens. Will you be ready? Get back on the erg machine and quit surfing the web! |
| FISA | Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron, otherwise known as "The International Rowing Federation" |
Rowing Camps:
| Craftsbury Sculling Center | Famous sculling center in northern Vermont runs learn to scull weeks in summers. We've been there and really enjoyed it. |
| Row As One | The Row As One Institute's mission is to develop an empowering and safe learning environment for women and girls of all cultures, backgrounds and ability through recreational and competitive rowing. |
Commercial Sites:
| Alden Shells | Alden Shells sells 'sea shells' by the seaside (say it fast 10x) (really popular recreational shells, that is). Located in beautiful Maine. |
| The Rower's Almanac | |
| Chesapeake Rowing | Chesapeake Rowing "specializes in RECREATIONAL and FITNESS rowing. We provide personalized training; safety equipment; instructional books and videos; car-top carriers; boat dollies; the lightest and strongest oars; and much more." ...located on Md's eastern shore. |
| Concept II Rowing | Concept II makes ergometers, oars and other crew equipment. |
| Dirigo Racing Shells | Woodbridge Crew is proud to own a large fleet of Dirigo Racing Shells. We highly recommend them to anyone thinking about buying fast, rigid and rugged racing shells. |
| Empacher | Manufactures extremely good shells in Germany. |
| Hudson Boatworks | Canadian manufacturer of shells owned and loved by many. |
| Independent Rowing News | Bi-weekly newspaper has all you'll need to know about competitive crew. Very informative- get a subscription. |
| Kaschper shells | Kaschper shells are made in London, Ont., Canada. Excellent boats. Jacob Kaschper worked with the famed Empachers of Germany before he came across the pond to settle into Canada. |
| Nielsen-Kellerman | Nielsen-Kellerman makes high tech electronic devices used in rowing (cox boxes, stroke rate meters, etc.) |
| Peinert Boatworks. | "Peinert single sculls are moderately priced boats that are built with the best materials to have the speed and feel of an elite boat while being durable and easy to row." |
| Pocock Racing Shells | We started with these and had up to 8 Pocock wooden shells in the fleet in the mid-late eighties. |
| Polar | Polar Heart Rate monitors measure your cardiovascular system while exercising. You can connect the monitoring chest belt to your Concept II ergometer and/or your PC to record and analyze your exercise program. |
| Potomac Rowing & Sailing | Potomac Rowing & Sailing sells crew clothes, posters, etc. Has on-line catalog. |
| Powerbar | You eat 'em, now read about 'em. |
| Regattasport | Canadian company sells crew clothing and related gear. |
| Resolute Racing Shells | "We design and manufacture the swiftest, stiffest, and most durable rowing shells anywhere." Located in Rhode Island. |
| Rubini Rowing Jewelry | World famous makers of beautiful rowing jewelry located right here in Old Town Alexandria. You'll see them selling at all the big regattas. Visit them soon. |
| Sport Graphics | "Sport Graphics has photographed most of the major regattas since 1986 in the U.S., Canada, and England. Please check out our Regatta Archive to see if we've covered a regatta you've rowed in. You can order your photo right online within minutes using our secure order form." |
| Val's Customized Affordable Rowing Clothing | Rowing Jackets at affordable prices. Nice people from Canada manufacturing crew clothing and other quality gear. Nice crew towels, too! (Tell 'em Woodbridge Crew sent you.) |
| Vespoli USA | Connecticut manufacturer of racing shells. The Vespoli reps are often seen at big regattas |
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