Your rowing boathouse dream
How does the boathouse of your dreams look? What features does it have to give your rowers the best possible conditions to excel? In a series of posts about extraordinary boathouses, we give you a chance to dream. Take a moment to admire and be inspired by the WMS boathouse on the Chicago River run by the Chicago Rowing Foundation. WMS boathouse on Chicago River [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3"
Need more boat shed storage?
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How to work with Boatmen/Riggers: tips and tricks from RowIntel
No, not the friendly piece of aluminium lying on the boat house floor, we’re talking about the guy yelling at you for stepping on the aforementioned piece of aluminium. We’re going to take a quick look at how Coaches can better understand and get along with their rigging staff. This is not a play-by-play how to get along with each other (that would be a 300+ page book and probably only cover Tuesdays, stay tuned for the other six books!
Managing Your Rowing Fleet: Boat Rosters
Keeping track of your club members is one thing, but keeping track of your gear is another. And it’s incredibly important! You know as well as we do that rowing gear is expensive and when lost or damaged can be difficult for clubs to handle. Solution? Rostering! This week we’re talking about Boat Rosters and how to integrate them into your club (or improve on them). What is a boat roster? A boat roster is a scheduled list of who is using what
New For You On Our Store – Magnetic Strips for Boathouses!
Looking to label up your boathouse but keep it looking sharp? Well we're now stocking magnetic strips that're perfect for your Rowing Club! Cleaner, better boathouses Sticky labels can look nasty and cause a mess, especially when you need to change what's written on them. With magnetic labels you get: Maneuverability (re-position to look clean) Re-usability (rub off and rewrite) Simplicity (lift and place) and if you're in need of more in a pinch, you can easily cut a magnetic label into two! They're feature-full, functional and
Making Your Rowing Club Boathouse A Home
Your rowing club's boathouse should be a place where people love to spend their time and enjoy the sport of rowing while supporting your club and its activities. We looked at what turns a rowing club boathouse into a home for rowing lovers and their supporters alike, and came up with these 4 core ideas
Methodist Ladies College Now Fitted With Space Saver Rowing Gear
Methodist Ladies College (MLC) in Melbourne, Australia have had their boathouse kitted out with some space saving gear from us! Here's what their rowing shed looks like now Cleaner, easier and more accessible rowing for all! We had a fantastic time fitting this shed out and it looks fantastic. I'm sure you can spot our Wing Rigger Racks, Oar Brackets and Boat Storage Sliding Arms. Join them and
Rowing Club WARNING: Boathouses are like Construction Sites
The safety of your rowing club members, of your athletes, is of the utmost importance. They're your reason for being and for doing what you do as a club. Boathouses are one of the places a rowing athlete can get hurt the most and that's because there can be loose heavy objects and slippery surfaces everywhere - but there don't have to be. They're like construction sites, all you need is safe equipment and a mental "hard hat" on and
Modernizing Your Boathouse
Some boathouses just aren't with the times. It's not all about technology though, it's about adapting a boathouse to be better at doing what it needs to! An old boathouse tends to be slippery, damage gear easily, are hard to navigate, regularly lead to stored items being lost or stolen, and are open to any number of mishaps to those that use it. To us, this is unacceptable! So we're here to help you modernize your boathouse with the new tips