On-Water Rowing Camps
If you've never rowed on the water, we encourage you to give it a try! The exhilaration of feeling the boat move under your own power is well worth it.
One way to try rowing is to go to a rowing camp. Depending on which camp you choose, you may even be able to bring the whole family.
Here is our annual list of rowing camps… the ones we know about, anyway! Most are held in the summer; some offer classes year-round. Refer to the camp descriptions for more information.
If you know of a camp we should add to our list, send the information to rowing@concept2.com. For even more rowing camps, check out the list of rowing camps at row2k.com.
| Camp | City | St/Pr | Country |
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| Adirondack Rowing Offering lessons and rentals as well as on-site demonstrations from all the best open water boat manufacturers. Individual and group lessons run April through November by appointment only. Call 518.745.7699 (ROWW), email adkrowing@adelphia.net or write 46 Meadow Lane, Queensbury, NY 12804. http://www.adirondackrowing.com/ |
Queensbury | New York | United States |
| All American Rowing Camp
Offering several camps each year for masters and juniors. Contact Mark Wilson at 812.325.3090 or email director@allamericanrowingcamp.com.
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Various locations | Various locations | United States |
| Argonaut Rowing Club
Offering youth and adult learn-to-row sessions throughout the spring and summer, on the shores of Lake Ontario, in the sheltered water behind the Toronto Western Beaches breakwall. |
Toronto | Ontario | Canada |
| Berkshire Sculling Association
Offering lessons and rentals from May 1 to Sept 30. Reservations must be made in advance.
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Pittsfield | Massachusetts | United States |
| Brock Rowing School
Brock has been offering lessons in sculling and sweep rowing since 1994 on the world famous Royal Canadian Henley course in St. Catharines Ontario. We offer lessons and coaching for all skill levels; introductory to advanced, and all ages; 12–80 years old. For more information contact Peter Somerwil psomerwi@brocku.ca or go to our website at www.brocku.ca/rowing. |
St. Catharines | Ontario | Canada |
| Steve Wagner's Black Bear Sculling Camp
A program designed for designed for all ages and levels of sculling. |
Hanover | New Hampshire | United States |
| California State University at Sacramento's Aquatic Center at Lake Natoma
Offering sculling and sweep classes and programs for high school, college and masters levels during the spring, summer and fall. Find out more information at http://www.csusaquaticcenter.com/. |
Sacramento | California | United States |
| Calm Waters Rowing
Calm Waters Rowing offers a full-service sculling camp vacation catering to the master's rower. The Camp is "The Perfect Sculling Destination." Whether you are a beginner, recreational rower, or experienced racer, our rowing camp will focus on your needs. |
Lancaster | Virginia | United States |
| Charles River Rowing Camps
For high school students, from novice to experienced, day or overnight. Write: PO Box 380441, Cambridge, MA 02238-0441 Girls: email eholeary@fas.harvard.edu
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Cambridge | Massachusetts | United States |
| Chesapeake Crew Camp for Girls
Our camp is designed for girls aged 13–18 with OR without any rowing experience. Come spend a week with us on the beautiful Chester River—we are close to DC, Annapolis and Baltimore. Sign up early to ensure a space! Visit our website at www.crew-camps.com or call 410.810.2643. |
Chestertown | Maryland | United States |
| Christchurch School Summer Program Crew Camp
This school offers 1 to 4 week camps in July. Coed boarding and day camp available. Ages 12–17. For novice through experienced kids. Call 800.296.2306 or 804.758.2306. website: http://www.christchurchschool.org/summer/programs/ |
Christchurch | Virginia | United States |
| Colby Crew Camp
For high school aged boys and girls. Experienced rowers and beginners are welcome. |
Waterville | Maine | United States |
| Craftsbury Sculling Center, Lake Hosmer
The oldest sculling camp in the nation, Craftsbury remains one of the definitive training locations and experiences for scullers worldwide. For nearly three decades, beginners and Olympians alike have returned season after season to train with our world-class coaches in a setting of unrivaled natural beauty. May to September; week, weekend, and four-day camps.
phone: 802.586.7767 email: stay@craftsbury.com website: http://www.craftsbury.com/ |
Craftsbury Common | Vermont | United States |
| CRC Sculling Camps
Camps in some of the finest rowing locations around the world. |
Various locations | Various locations | Various locations |
| Detroit Women's Rowing Association
A beautiful location with calm water canal access for Learn to Rows and technical instruction and the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair for all out power and distance rowing. Offering sculling and sweep classes and programs for middle school, high school, college and masters levels during the spring, summer and fall. Aside from scheduled camps; private, semi-private and group classes are offered by appointment. Popular Ladies Weekend Rowing Retreats include a gourmet Saturday lunch and Sunday breakfast served on china and optional yoga in the historic Lawrence Fisher Mansion. |
Detroit | Michigan | United States |
Eton Rowing Courses, Eton College
*Overseas students please note: Eton is < 20 minutes from Heathrow airport, and students can book for 2 weeks if 1 is not enough! |
Windsor | Berkshire | UK |
| Florida Rowing Center
Seven, four and three-day sessions are held between mid-December and mid-May. Instruction for beginning, recreational and competitive rowers of all ages. 800.996.0021 website: http://www.floridarowingcenter.com/ |
Wellington | Florida | United States |
| Henry Hamilton's Sculling School
Since 1988. Beginners through experienced, recreational and racing. Small group instruction. Henry Hamilton's Sculling School, PO Box 98, Craftsbury Common VT 05827 Phone: 802.586.9621 Email: vermont.sculling@gmail.com Website: www.vermontsculling.com |
Craftsbury | Vermont | United States |
| High Performance Junior Rowing Camp
Offered by Hampton Roads Rowing Club, this camp is geared toward experienced high school rowers. There will be a high rower to coach ratio with a maximum of only 15 rowers and 3 coxswains to be accepted. Applications to the camp are available on www.hrrc.net and only the best qualified applicants will be accepted. Sorry, no lodging is available for this camp. |
Norfolk | Virginia | United States |
| Iron Oarsman Camp with Xeno Muller
Xeno is an Olympic gold and silver medal winner in the men's single scull. Come join him at the IRON OARSMAN, a one-of-a-kind indoor rowing studio. In a welcoming environment, participants will be shown how to maximize their rowing stroke. Camps are open to people of any ability who want to improve their stroke on the rowing ergometer. On completion of the three workouts, each participant will get video footage of their rowing sent to their home. |
Costa Mesa | California | United States |
| Lake Union Crew Junior Summer Camp
Two Sessions. Eligibility Girls & boys 13 to 18 years of age are welcome regardless of experience or ability. The only requirement is a desire to improve. |
Seattle | Washington | United States |
| Mercyhurst College Summer Rowing Camp
Boys and Girls ages 13–18 |
Erie | Pennsylvania | United States |
| Navy Rowing Camps, U.S. Naval Academy
Camps for youths ages 13–18 are appropriate for everyone from beginner to highly experienced. |
Annapolis | Maryland | United States |
| Nike Rowing Camps
Boys & girls ages 14 and up. Thirteen locations around the U.S. Call 800.NIKECAMP. |
Various locations | Various locations | United States |
| Northeast Rowing Center
For school, college and master ages. Two Sessions. Crescent Lake. For information, write: PO Box 2060, Duxbury, MA 02661 or call: 781.934.6192 or email: email@RowCamp.com |
Raymond | Maine | United States |
| Open Water Rowing
Instruction weekends and some weekdays. Call 415.332.1091 to register. Novice to advanced. Year-round. |
Sausolito | California | United States |
| Orlando Rowing Club
ORC is offering a Men's Junior Development Training Camp for male varsity rowers 18 and under. Camp will be held at the ORC boathouse on Lake Fairview, Orlando, FL. For more information contact Coach Chris Pucella at pucellc@ocps.net or at cpucella@cfl.rr.com, phone: 407.468.9469 or visit our webpage at www.geocities.com/chrispucella/. |
Orlando | Florida | United States |
| Peter Jay Sharp Sr. Development Camp
The Peter Jay Sharp Rowing Club in New York City seeks highly motivated athletes for its competitive senior team development camp. |
New York City | New York | United States |
| Raritan Valley Rowing Camp
Sessions for boys and girls ages 12–18. Call Steve Wagner or Max Borghard at 732.932.4226. E-mail: swagner@rci.rutgers.edu or maxborg@rci.rutgers.edu website: http://www.scarletknights.com/crew/camp/camp.asp |
Rutgers University | New Jersey | United States |
| Rocky Mountain Rowing Center
All ages and levels. Open mid-June to mid-September. Flexible scheduling. Call: 800.766.1477. E-mail: rowing@themanagers.com website: http://www.rockymountainrowing.com/ |
Lake Dillon | Colorado | United States |
| Row As One Camp
For masters women, three sessions listed below. Learn to row, novice, intermediate & advanced. Call 617.924.2120 or email info@rowasone.org |
Westwood | Massachusetts | United States |
| RowPittsburgh
RowPittsburgh is the Pittsburgh area's newest rowing club. We specialize in sculling programs for everyone. RowPittsburgh offers learn-to-row, recreational and competitive sculling programs for junior and masters rowers. Private lessons available upon request. All of RowPittsburgh's programs are directed by Florin Curuea, a two time world champion rower. Contact us at 412.680.5990, e-mail info@rowpittsburgh.com, visit our website www.rowpittsburgh.com. |
Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | United States |
| TeamSur Rowing Camps
TeamSur's Rowing Camps in Spain and Portugal are custom designed for teams and clubs of all ages and skill levels. Train at the world renowned Seville High Performance Rowing Center, considered one of Europe’s finest rowing installations, enjoy excellent lodging accommodations, impeccable trip organization and the colorful culture and hospitality of the Spanish and Portuguese people for the perfect team rowing experience. |
Seville | Seville | Spain |
| Terralba—Rowing, Culture & Camaraderie in the Heart of Italy
Row under the Ponte Vecchio, train with top coaches on our secluded rowing basin, and absorb the true sense of Tuscan culture. The people of Terralba want to help their guests infuse their lives and their rowing with the patience and harmony of the Tuscan culture: not just admire its churches and its artwork, but understand how a people can achieve such wealth. Every morning we'll be on the water, working on perfecting the essentials of our rowing technique, and then after a lunch of cucina toscana we'll take off exploring the countryside and towns. The activities and experiences chosen are based upon what we personally enjoy doing and seeing. Showing our guests what we love is a wonderful excuse to see them ourselves! We ask only that you come ready to work hard on the water and open your mind to a different, older way of life. |
San Miniato | Pisa | Italy |
| University of Michigan Summer Rowing Camp
The University of Michigan's Summer Rowing Camp invites girls and boys, ages 13–18, to attend rowing camp in Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 26–30, 2009. Rowers and coxswains—ranging from top-level juniors to campers new to the sport—will be grouped based on skill levels during rowing sessions. All campers will be coached by the University of Michigan's Women's and Men's Rowing coaches. Campers, parents and guardians, and coaches can find more information about Michigan Rowing Summer Camp 2009 online at www.umich.edu/~rowblue/camp. |
Ann Arbor | Michigan | United States |
| Wisconsin Junior Women's Rowing Camp
Open to girls in or recently graduated from high school. Rowers and coxswains welcome with or without experience. Two Sessions. Location: Madison, WI in the University of Wisconsin's boathouse and dormitories. Registration materials available from: Carrie Davis 608.265.8677 or e-mail: cbd@athletics.wisc.edu or from camp website on UW home page http://www.uwbadgers.com/camps/index_25.html |
Madison | Wisconsin | United States |
| Wichita Rowing Association
We have Juniors and Learn To Row sessions. Please call Don Wadsworth 316.688.0690 or don.l.wadsworth@boeing.com for registration details. |
Wichita | Kansas | United States |
| William and Mary Rowing Club
William and Mary Rowing Club is offering a seven-day overnight rowing camp for both boys and girls to learn more about the sport of rowing at the beautiful College of William and Mary. Our camp is for rowers and coxswains with at least one semester of sweep rowing or coxing experience who want a competitive edge for high school rowing as well as future collegiate-level racing. Students will be fully supervised by our staff and given personal guidance from W&M Rowing’s own head coach, Nathan Walker. There are only 30 slots for boys and 30 for girls, so spaces will go fast; first come, first serve. Our website is at www.wmrowing.org/camp. Please direct any questions to Cassandra Adair, student director, at ccadair@wm.edu or Coach Walker at williamandmaryrowing@yahoo.com. |
Williamsburg | Virginia | United States |
| Camp Randall Rowing Club
Camp Randall's primary purpose is to foster national and international rowing by supporting and developing amateur athletes for national and international competition in the sport of rowing. www.camprandallrc.org. |
Madison | Wisconsin | United States |
| River Breeze Rowing
At our location along the beautiful Susquehanna River in Central Pennsylvania, we strive to provide a one-of-a-kind sculling experience. Sessions run June–November. Groups are small for a personalized experience. If you are passionate about sculling, or would like to develop a new skill, this is your ultimate sculling vacation. World class coaching, equipment and accomodations are included. For more informaiton, email info@riverbreezerowing.com, call 888.TWO.OARS or visit the website at www.riverbreezerowing.com. |
Winfield | Pennsylvania | US |
| Porter's Summer Sports Academy
Miss Porter's School graduates leaders who have the ability to shape a changing world. In keeping with this tradition, Porter's Summer Sports Academy utilizes the athletic environment to assist in the development of tomorrow's leaders. Our goal is to create a safe and challenging environment for the female athlete that cultivates the development of the whole athlete. Through the utilization of state-of-the-art athletic facilities at Miss Porter's School, instruction from some of the country's premier coaches, guest speakers, and special workshops, our participants can't help but grow as athletes and individuals. Having formed new and lasting friendships, they will depart as athletes who are technically cleaner and tactically more aware, ready to return to their teams with more confidence and a better understanding of what leadership role they can play to improve the overall team dynamic. Porter's Rowing Academy will be offered to girls in grades 7–10. The academy will run Saturday, July 3–Friday, July 9. The Academy is led by Director Wes Ng and Assistant Director Jennifer Wrobel-Sybert. Program details are available at www.porters.org/summerprograms. Email: summer_programs@missporters.org. |
Farmington | Connecticut | US |

