River vs Coastal Rowing
The pentagon of blogs has reached its final form. This week is fight night, the tale of two cities. River vs Coastal rowing. Over summer I tried out coastal rowing. Giving me experience in both types of rowing; this week’s blog explores their differences and which I prefer! Technique A successful boat in river rowing relies on technique – I say this to make me feel better about pulling weak erg splits (they don’t float!). Handle heights, catches and rushing the slide are fundamental in the boat’s speed. A post shared by Adam Campbell (@adamcampbell715) on Feb 29, 2016 at 7:35am PST For coastal however, there is no technique. To win is to pull like *insert profanity here. Racing River rowing has a simple format for both head races and regattas. In head races you row off one boat at a time on a stretch of river roughly 3-5k and the crew with the fastest time wins! In regattas you row in lanes down a 2k straight and the first crew to cross the