The Baltimore Rowing Club -- Programs -- Sculling

In sculling, each rower uses two oars. Singles, doubles, and quads are sculling boats for one, two, and four rowers, respectively. No coxswains are used to steer sculling boats. Instead, rowers are able to steer themselves by altering the pressure used between their oars.

The Baltimore Rowing Club has two coached sculling programs to meet your fitness and competitive needs: open sculling, and competitive sculling.

Duration and Details

Open Sculling: This sculling program is suitable for rowers with at least one year of sweep rowing experience. The main focus of this program is to improve fitness and develop more advanced rowing technique in a recreational setting. Safety is of utmost importance in our sculling classes, and rowers may not go out unaccompanied without first passing a series of certification tests. You have the option to sign up as an annual member and scull, or join for a particular season and scull.; Open sculling classes meet Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6:00pm until 8:00pm, and Saturday mornings from 8:00am until 10:30am.

Competitive Sculling: The competitive program trains year-round, and attends local, national, and international races. This group trains five days a week with an Elite-level coach. Off-water conditioning workouts prescribed by the coach are required to increase conditioning. This group trains both sweep rowers and scullers. You have the option to sign up as an annual member and scull, or join for a particular season and scull.; Rowers in the morning competitive group meet Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 5:15am until 7:00am, and Saturday mornings from 6:00am until 8:15am.

Open programs are coached. If you have your own boat, you have the option to sign up with or without coaching. Please go to the Rack Owners Program description and sign up if you have your own boat.

If you sign up annually or seasonally, you can also attend the sweep programs for at no additional cost.

Schedule

The Competitive group hits the water in early March, followed by Open in early April. This schedule difference results in a slightly higher membership rate for competitive than our other programs.

Annual seasons will be as follows:

Annual Membership with Coaching $700 · Register
Annual Membership with Coaching (Competitive) $800 · Register

Annual sessions for 2010 will not include winter training for late 2010/early 2011.

If you prefer to register seasonally:

Spring
Sat Apr 3 through Sat May 29, 2010

$185 · Register

Spring (Competitive)
Sat Apr 3 through Sat May 29, 2010

$210 · Register

Summer
Sun May 30 through Sat Aug 28 2010

$310 · Register

Summer (Competitive)
Sun May 30 through Sat Aug 28 2010

$355 · Register

Fall
Sun Aug 29 through Sat Nov 6 2010

$230 · Register

Fall (Competitive)
Sun Aug 29 through Sat Nov 6 2010

$265 · Register

Until we hit the water, you may be interested in the last bits of Winter Training for the 2009-2010 season.

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[Scullers] is full of, well, scullers.
[Competitive] is the medium of choice for early morning rowers.
[Openrow] is packed with evening rowers.

Q&A

Where do classes meet?: At the boathouse. The address for the boathouse is: 3301 Waterview Ave, Baltimore, Maryland, 21230. Parking is available on site and is free. Please enter the boathouse through the entrance facing the docks on the backside.

Who coaches the program?: USRA-certified coaches teach the sculling program.

What if I am unable to attend all the days in a week, or have to miss a few days?: That is ok. We encourage people to attend as many as possible to provide for continuum of learning.

I need more information.: Contact the membership chair, Megan Sikora.

"The Pack"

An additional sculling program has been added to compliment the existing Open and Competitive groups. Dubbed "BRC Pack" -- think Rat Pack, but with oars, and without Humphrey Bogart -- this program is for those members with sculling experience who are looking for a flexible program to fit their needs, schedules, and racing goals. This program is uncoached; members are expected to give and take knowledge from other program members. The BRC Pack has its own page; check it out for more information.

The Small Print: When paying registration dues by check, a $25 service charge applies to any checks returned unpaid.

Rowing Programs : Sculling

"The Pack"