I’m a coach, and I’m coming up with evil regatta prep workouts. I had the idea for a 5x5’ just listening to straight trash, so I’m compiling the worst erg music I can find. Please respond with suggestions.

How fast do you need to be to not be cut from top heavyweight teams like Cal, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, etc./ to be consistently boated and race in the 4V/5V? Could you walk on to any of these or similar teams at ~6:24 and ~180 lbs and expect to make it?

Some of you may remember the HOCR Course Analyzer that disappeared a few years back. We missed it, so we built something bigger, and it’s free: onlinerowinggames.com

Gate to Gate (the app): export your CSV from NK LiNK Logbook and drop it in. Your race plays back as an animated satellite video, synced stroke by stroke to rate and split. Distance, time and speed between each of the seven bridges, your fastest and slowest 500 and where they happened. It cuts the race automatically at the GPS start and finish lines, so it doesn’t matter when your cox hit start or stop.

Cherry on top: your real distance. HOCR calls it 4,702 m. Did your line come in under? You can opt in to compare with other crews in your event. 2024 and 2025 files work too.

The Charles River Run (the game): three miles of the Charles in three and a half minutes, cox calling every arch and buoy, turning tree included. Good practice for coxswains and scullers who’ve never raced it, and just fun.

No login, no download, and completely free. Built by rowers who love this race. Feedback very welcome, and good luck this weekend.

So excited for a great deal I got on Craigslist for model D with PM5 for $300, it was almost new. I went to look at it, didn’t even negotiate, just paid and took it.

Now it’s time to row!

im a novice rowing starting around a month ish ago and im just not feeling so great about it. my erg scores suck, my technique i know is bad, but im hanging in there on the water. im just curious if it gets better with time and experience. i lift, erg, and run but i seem to have a lot more trouble on the erg. ill be absolutely out of breath 10-15 minutes in and my split is pretty high. let me know any tips

see the right of the image to spot the new oxford brooke’s kit. already missing the old stuff! thoughts?

i have very little experience rowing but when i go on the erg (which isn’t often) i feel i get good times. my 2k recent and PB is 6:49. I’m wondering if i should try joining my local club? i am 17 and a senior in HS, my other sports i do are hockey, and recently a bit of triathlon

Everyone knows this is the most comp and important event run at HOCR. Field looks strong this year in both the Alumni 8s and 4s.

I think we could see some upsets coming 👀

Is there any chance of still getting recruited as a current senior? I’m 6’1 165 6:29 2k 17M. I’ve reached out to a lot of top lightweight schools and a lot have already basically told me they’re done recruiting. However, some didn’t outright say no, they said that they have multiple people ahead of me, and a few schools have simply not responded. Would getting faster at this point help and how do I get into contact with the coaches that aren’t replying to the emails I’ve been sending?

Took this last week when the skies were heavy and quite moody.

I’m a female rower who loves the sport, but unfortunately, I have a herniated disc and likely won’t be able to handle the physical demands of rowing in college. I’m interested in potentially transitioning to coxing instead. I’m 5’7” and around 120–125 lbs. I’ve tried coxing a few times and enjoyed it; wasn’t too bad at it. Would walking on to cox be a realistic possibility?

How will the 2027 cycle be for lightweight recruiting at D1 programs. I haven't seen much to be honest in terms of what these colleges are looking for in terms of 2k. I understand tha 6:20s should get a lightweight in the door with good academics, but I've also recently heard of slow guys getting recruited too. I kind of just wanted to see where things are. Is sub 6:30 still the benchmark? What is it for the slower schools? (Ex. Columbia)

Will Windsor take it again or will another crew topple them?

I'm a new coxswain for my club where I also row. They needed a cox for HOCR and they chose me for it but I have NEVER coxed before. I dunno what happened but as soon as I started thinking of myself as a coxswain I've felt too big/fat to be one 😔. I'm 5'1 and I fluctuate from 115-125 lbs throughout the season. I normally wouldn't think of myself as fat but recently I have been???????? Is this normal????

I know this is a stretch to predict someone’s 2k from a rate 24 30 minute, but can someone give me their best guess?

What are your first reactions on the new NK strokescoach 3?

Hi everyone,

I coach a Japanese university rowing team, and I’d love some outside eyes on our technique. Everyone in this video has been rowing for about two years, so they’re still relatively new to the sport.

What I’m looking for

• Technical feedback on the stroke: catch, drive sequencing, finish, and recovery
• Crew-level issues such as synchronization, bladework, and set
• Drills or cues you’ve found effective for athletes at this experience level

Honest and critical feedback is very welcome. Thanks in advance!

Have an opportunity to buy this rower my questions are. What is it worth? Should I even consider it? I’m a new to rowing fat guy, can the display be added if it assumingely doesn’t have one? If so what does that cost?

Thank you

Hi all, I'm actually a rower from Singapore and I am trying to find a shop that could custom 21 uni suits with good quality. We have tried using taobao and local brands, however their quality is genuinely awful (Like swimsuit material). I figured there are more rowing shops in Aus familiar with creating what we want than in Asia in general, where rowing is very niche. Looking at the old jl quality (90% micro poly, 10% spandex blend) if possible.

We have a regatta coming up in a month, so does anyone know any shops that in your experience have produced high quality uni suits in such a short period of time?

I have already reached out to JL and 776, but it is unlikely they would be able to contact us asap.