1xScull
Single scull
Just you, two oars, and the river. The purest (and tippiest) boat — where scullers learn honesty.
- Crew
- 1
- Oars
- 2
- Length
- 27 ft
NEW TO THE SPORT?
Singles, doubles, quads, eights — sweep or scull. Here's the crash course on boat classes, the stroke, and the vocabulary you'll hear from the launch.
THE FLEET
The number is how many rowers; x means sculling, + means there's a coxswain, and − means there isn't. Coral dots are coxswains.
Just you, two oars, and the river. The purest (and tippiest) boat — where scullers learn honesty.
Two scullers in sync. Social, quick, and the club favorite for morning steady state.
One oar each, no coxswain. The hardest boat to row well — a trust exercise at 30 strokes a minute.
Four scullers, eight oars, serious speed. Our quads log more miles than anything else in the fleet.
Four sweep rowers plus a coxswain (the gold seat) steering and calling the race. Great for learning sweep.
Same hull, no coxswain — bow seat steers with a toe-controlled rudder while rowing. Experts only.
The flagship: eight rowers, a coxswain, and 60+ feet of boat moving faster than anything human-powered ought to.
THE STROKE
Blade drops into the water at full compression — shins vertical, arms straight.
Legs, then back, then arms. Power comes from the ground up, not the shoulders.
Handle into the ribs, blade buried, body leaning slightly back.
Hands away, body over, slide up — the rest stroke that sets up the next catch.
TALK LIKE A ROWER
Learn to Row takes you from the erg to a full-pressure river row in four sessions. No experience needed.
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