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Regular Season Activities
Learn to Row Program
Coxswains Program
Regular Season Activities
 During the season, members sign up to row together based on schedule, ability, and mentoring arrangements. During the week, quads, fours, and doubles are most popular. Typically, the shells go out for an hour and a half at 6 a.m. each weekday morning, doubles and quads also go out later in the morning for members whose schedules permit, and often again in the evenings at 6 p.m. On the weekends, the eight goes out along with two or three flights of fours, again starting at 6 a.m. Members are expected to share the responsibility of coxing boats for each other regularly.
Mentoring Program
Because we do not set our boats with a coach, we rely on the mentoring program to help new members get integrated into the rotation, so that they get a chance to row with as many of the other members of the club as possible.
Learn to Row
"Opening Day" is April 16, 2011 and new members will be given rigging and general boat handling instruction. Anyone is welcome to join us to meet the club members and check out the boats.
The Learn to Row training will consist of at least 8 on-the-water sessions, beginning the first Sunday in May. The training sessions will be held on Sunday mornings between 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM. (At least two tank-training sessions are required for participation in the Learn to Row class.)
In July, each new member will be assigned a club-member mentor who will be responsible for continuing instruction and help throughout the remainder of the season - which lasts until the middle of November.
Club membership is $300.00 per year, with a one-time $250.00 initiation fee. The cost of the Learn to Row program is $200.00. Payments are structured as follows: $475 due at the start of the Learn to Row program. This includes half of the membership fee ($150.00), half of the initiation fee ($125.00), and the full tuition for the Learn to Row. The remaining $275.00 will be due upon completion of the LTR program the end of June, for a total of $750.00. Fees for continuing membership in the rowing club are $300.00 per year for the seven-month rowing season.
The club is a mixed bag - of ages, genders, abilities, and competitive interest. We have boats rigged for both sweep rowing and sculling. We don't have set workout times. Instead, groups develop into boats according to their own schedules, etc. and then sign up to row at a specific time. It's fairly relaxed and fun, but there is a small core group interested in competing, and we sometimes send a boat to the Head of the Charles. So we have something for everyone.
Please email Kathy at info@piermontrowing.org with any questions. Let me know as soon as you can if you are interested in joining the club. Even if you can't make the full commitment at this point, consider joining us for the indoor tank sessions in March and April. That is a great way to get a feel for rowing in general. Let me know if you would like to be included on the email list for the West Point tank sessions.
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Coxswains
Starting in 2005, the club began maintaining a call list of experienced college-aged coxswains who are available to go out with members as needed. This is particularly helpful for novice rowers who need someone experienced in their boat. Members have agreed to pay these young people $25/hour as a standard courtesy.
Each member of the club has a responsibility to learn to cox a shell and to offer their services periodically throughout the season. Seminars are offered to all new members, and to experienced rowers who want to polish their skills. All regular groups of rowers are strongly encouraged to include five members, so that the responsibility can be rotated, and no last minute calls need be made.
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