Equipment & Hacks
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Transporting rowing equipment safely requires you to over-invest - thoughtfully, critically, and methodically get the equipment ready for travel. more
The morning I should have drowned was a chilly fall day. It was wicked early, and I was in my launch, checking buoys for a race. more
Time for a bit of a Rowing Hacker Confession: we don't make all of
this up and some of our most interesting Hacks are straight up, um,
borrowed from way smarter folk. more
The Megaphone Cooler Hack keeps your megaphone (and other gear) dry and intact in all conditions more
The equipment you count on to glide you through the water is lounging away in a rowing rack almost its entire life. Make sure the racks equipment rest on are up to the job. more
One of the oldest re-purposing hacks out there, turning a length of PVC tube into a bend-proof back stay holder that will survive a lifetime of trips. more
Someone has to tell you—your boat straps hate you. And even worse... they will get revenge! Here is how to head off the otherwise inevitable strap failure more
Proper and consistent spacing between ergs is always a good idea, but probably a bit moreso now more
Nothing is quite as unexpected, ego-busting, and damaging as a racing shell crashing to the ground when a boat sling collapses. more
The Boat Box is pretty much what it sounds like: a plastic bin labeled with the name of the boat it belongs to, filled with everything that boat needs to be de-rigged and transported. more
Investing time and effort into oar maintenance today will help you have less hassles and better rowing tomorrow. more
The ultimate refinement of this hack: Goose Line Poles (and - finally - finds a use for all the 7/1 oarlock bushings lying around) more
An update to the Wrench Carabiner hack from Caitlin Trottier (with a nod to the Team Wrench Box idea) more
Often we have to row with marginal equipment. Making the best of what we have at hand. Making do, if you will. However, bad things can happen when we make do; here is a four-step plan to improve the equipment you have more
For our next trip in the 'way-back-hack' machine, we have one straight from the folks who most like to be left alone at the boathouse in the first place: the boatmen more
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- Bont Rowing
- Calm Waters Rowing
- Coffey SimulatOar
- Concept 2
- Craftsbury Sculling
- Croker
- Durham Boat Co.
- ergRemote
- Filippi
- Fluidesign
- h2row.net
- HUDSON
- Hydrow
- Nelo Rowing
- Nielsen-Kellerman
- Oak Ridge RA
- Oar Board
- Peinert Boat Works
- Pocock Racing Shells
- Race1 USA
- RowKraft
- Rubini Jewelers
- Swift Racing USA
- Vespoli USA
- WinTech Racing