ADULTS NEW TO ROWING

Contact us! We will connect you with a coach so you can schedule a time that is convenient for your schedule.

Private lessons are 1.5 hours long and cost $80 per lesson. It typically requires 3-4 lessons for most beginners to be able to row solo on the water.

If you then wish to continue to row and develop, you will have the opportunity to become a member and to utilize the boatyard facilities, equipment and, if wanted, connect with more experienced rowers as you continue your orientation to rowing.

It depends! You can schedule it for just you, or you can arrange a joint lesson with a total of two or four students.

We use a single, double and four-person sculling shells.

Scullers carry one oar in each hand. Scullers can row singly (in a single, written 1x), doubly (in a double, written 2x) or as a crew of four (in a quad, written 4x). Generally speaking, the bigger the boat, the more stable. Beginning scullers trying solo boats start in wider-hulled training boats (Aero), proceed to a thinner, tippier boat (Maas 24) and finally, with a certified coach’s permission, to one of our Maas 27s and/or weight-appropriate racing singles, doubles or quads with qualified rowers.

After the coach has cleared you to take out boats on your own, you may choose to join the NBRC membership and gain access to NBRC equipment to use on your own following club protocols.

As rowers gain experience, they will periodically have opportunities to participate in a Masters Novice Program to learn sweep rowing skills in team boats.