Tuition for Day Campers: $600 for the week, including instruction, four lunches, and a camp t-shirt. A non-refundable $100 deposit is due with your registration, and the $500 balance is due on the first day of camp.

Tuition for Boarding Campers: $1000 for the week, including instruction, four lunches, a camp t-shirt, dormitory space, Sunday night pizza, four additional dinners, and five light breakfasts. A non-refundable $100 deposit is due with your registration, and the $900 balance is payable on the first day of camp. Space is limited, and NOT available on the Saturday night before or the Friday night after camp. All rooms are singles, in Richards Hall at the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; the rooms are non air conditioned, though GSAS will provide fans.  (Please be aware that while housing is secure and quiet, as well as conveniently located, the campus is in close proximity to Harvard Square and is not gated.)

Swim Requirement: All participants are required to pass a 100-yard swim test on the first day of camp.

Facilities: Newell Boathouse is located on the Charles River a few blocks from Harvard Square. It is a magnificent facility filled with state-of-the-art rowing equipment, including shells, oars, ergometers, rowing tanks, and video equipment -- all available to CRRC participants. 

Charles River Rowing Camps (CRRC) rents Harvard University's facilities, but is neither sponsored nor controlled by Harvard University.   CRRC is open to any and all entrants.

All Campers Should Bring:

• Swim suit & towel for the swim test & towel for daily showering at Newell Boathouse (if you wish)
• Combination lock for your boathouse locker
• Rowing clothes for 2 rows per day (shorts, preferably spandex, t-shirts/tank tops, socks)
• Sun protection, including: hat, long-sleeve shirts, sunscreen (SPF 15 or higher)
• Water Bottle
• Wristwatch
• $500 check to "Charles River Rowing Camps" ($900 if boarding)

Boarders Should Also Bring:

• Blankets or sleeping bag, and a towel. Pillows and linens will be provided.
• Toiletries for the week
• Alarm Clock
• Small amount of spending money
• Clean, tidy clothes for meals on campus (no workout gear at dinner)

IF WE ARE PICKING YOU UP AT LOGAN AIRPORT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON- Please do your best to arrive on a flight which lands in Boston between 1pm and 4pm. We will NOT meet you at your arrival gate inside the terminal; instead we will pick you up at the curb just outside the baggage claim area for your airline on the lower level of the airport. Please claim your baggage and wait outside on the covered sidewalk. Watch for a large crimson Ford van; the van driver will be looking for YOU. Please be patient - airport traffic and parking can be unpredictable. Just before camp, we will send to you a telephone number for the van driver.

IF YOU ARE A BOARDER ARRIVING BY CAR ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON- Please arrive at the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Richards Hall, behind 35 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, between 1pm and 5pm. Refer to the campus map at www.map.harvard.edu (search Richards Hall).

IF YOU ARE A DAY CAMPER ARRIVING ON WEEKDAY MORNINGS- You may park at Newell Boathouse parking lot for Monday morning registration (first come, first served). Refer to the campus map at www.map.harvard.edu (click "Harvard University", "Athletics Area"). However, after Monday registration, we may direct you to another nearby lot for the remainder of camp week.

The CRRC men's camp is a technique camp for active oarsmen and coxswains who will have just completed the 10th grade or higher. Participants will be boated on the basis of experience and skill. Placement can be adjusted as necessary, once camp begins. When completing the attached camp registration, please indicate your level of experience, based on the descriptions below.

Level I: Oarsmen and coxswains with 3 months to 1 year of experience.
Level II: Oarsmen and coxswains with 1 to 2 years of experience.
Level III: Oarsmen and coxswains with more than 2 years of experience.

Step One: AFTER February 1, please download, complete, and send via US Mail a CRRC Registration (all forms are Acrobat PDF format) and your non-refundable $100 deposit check (payable to "Charles River Rowing Camps") to Charley Butt, Charles River Rowing Camps, PO Box 380441, Cambridge, MA 02238-0441. Please do not use last year's registration form! (Be sure the date at the very beginning of this website is that of the upcoming camp.)

Step Two: Within two weeks, receive from us via US Mail confirmation that we are able to accept your registration. (Space is limited, and in the event that we are unable to accept your registration, we WILL return your deposit check.)

Step Three: By June 1, please download, complete and return via US Mail the four required forms listed below, to Charley Butt, Charles River Rowing Camps, PO Box 380441, Cambridge, MA 02238-0441. (Once you have been accepted, we sincerely hope to have you with us; however, if we have not received these four forms from you by June 1, we may conclude that you have vacated your registration/reservation, including forfeiture of your $100 deposit. My assistant, Dave, may be reached at: charlesriverrowing12@gmail.com

• Camper's Final Confirmation (including housing and travel plans)
• Hold Harmless Agreement
• Health Information and Care Authorization (attach a copy of Insurer's wallet card)
• Record of Physician's Medical Examination • Record of Physician's Medical Examination (Massachusetts regulation 105 CMR 430.000 and the Cambridge Board of Health require that you have had a complete physical examination during the 24 months before camp. You may use our form or a comparable one from your doctor. The report must include an immunization record for MMR vaccine, DIP, Polio, and Hepatitis B, as well as a statement from your doctor clearing you for all camp activities.)