RUSHBROOKE ROWING CLUB
Coastal
rowing
Firstly
coastal or ocean rowing is not the same as olympic
rowing. due to harsher conditions
the boats are both
heavier and wider than those used on rivers and
lakes.
the
boats that rushbrooke use are yawl type boats.
these
are rowed by four people each with a single oar each
and are steered by a cox.
unlike
olympic rowing, coastal rowing includes turns
in
races and a team may have to perform up to 3 turns
during
a race
depending on the race category.
in
2002 the new one design fibre glass boat was introduced
and
this has become the standard boat used around
for
coastal rowing
the
racing season begins in june and carries on throughout
the summer finishing with the all