row2k Features
This Week's Best of Rowing on Instagram 6/19/2021
Olympic hype, youth nationals, rogue inflatables, and more!  more

Equipment & Hacks
Sculling Hack: Zipped Bottle Holder

Let's face it: a whole lotta hacks in rowing are just ways to add stuff to our boats that probably should've been there in the first place and one of the key things that definitely should be in there--is a gosh-darn water-bottle holder.  more
Rigger Trick: The Oar Bag

Ever had to regatta in "passing thunderstorm" season? Well, then here is a simple hack you can slap on your handles before the rain starts: The Oar Bag.  more

row2k Book exclusives
1973 Girls, Kent's First Girls Crew: An Excerpt from 'More Than Rowing, Kent School Boat Club, The First 100 Years'

This week I present the section on the Fall 1973 Girls. After Kent Boys had been competing for more than half a century, this was the very first Kent Girls Crew.  more
1960 Boys: An Excerpt from 'More Than Rowing, Kent School Boat Club, The First 100 Years'

This week I follow up with the 1960 Boys which includes Steve Gladstone, the most celebrated of the one hundred or so Kent Alumni who have gone on to become coaches. Sharp readers will also recognize Steve's teammate, long-time Brown University Women's Coach John Murphy.  more

row2k Photo Features
Favorite POTDs - Winter 2021

We'll be highlighting some of our favorites Photos of the Day over the next few months. Today we'll be featuring some of the best from the Winter of 2021.  more
Favorite POTDs - Fall 2020

We'll be highlighting some of our favorites Photos of the Day over the next few months. Today we'll be featuring some of the best from the Fall of 2020.  more

row2k Interviews
Jacksonville's Melanie Carter

This week's row2k Interview is with Jacksonville senior Melanie Carter. We chat with Carter about suiting up for the JU basketball team this winter and more.  more
Dartmouth's Caitlin Lynch

This week's row2k Interview is with Dartmouth junior Caitlin Lynch. We chat with Lynch about her path to Dartmouth and her love of exploring the skies.  more

Book Reviews
Book Review: Phil Stekl's 'The Wondrous Sport of Rowing'

Phil Stekl's new coffee table book "The Wondrous Sport of Rowing" clearly means to remind us of all of the things we love about rowing, the deep pull of gliding along on the water.  more
Book Review: Maureen McCauley's 'Falling Out of the Boat'

A late addition to the 2020 batch of personal rowing books is Maureen McCauley's memoir "Falling Out of the Boat."  more

Rowing 101
Nine Things to Know How to Do Before You Race Your Single

As rowers forced into small boats look to race the single for the first time, there are a few things to practice before you get to the starting line  more
Rowing 101: Ask the Ergmaker - Heel Heights and Settings on the Erg

The erg does not replicate all the nuances of rigging and boat fit, but it simulates the motions of rowing closely enough to make sure to optimize the various adjustment available on most ergs. C2 offers some guidelines on setting heel heights on the erg  more

Coxing
An Evaluative and Comparative Measure of Coxswain Skill on a Men's Collegiate Rowing Team

It was our goal to establish a measurement tool which could reliably evaluate the ability of the coxswains as such a measure does not currently exist, and having one would allow rowing coaches to identify areas for improvement among student rowers.  more
The Magical Coxswain Cough Drop

So Ricola is claiming that with the Chrüterchraft (wth?!) in their cough drops, coxswains everywhere can ditch the headset and yell their lungs out.  more

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