ABOUT US
Overview

We're a group of men and women who like to row whaleboats (lifeboats). We've
been doing it since 1979. We live all over the Bay Area, we have all sorts
of jobs and our age range goes from early 20's to over 60! That's our men's
team in the photo to the right, rowing in our boat, Iron Oars.
Iron Oars Rowing Club is a member of the Bay Area Whaleboat Rowing Association
(BAWRA),
which provides support for the whaleboat teams and races in San Francisco,
Oakland and Vallejo.
Take a look at About
the Boat if you want to learn more about the whaleboats and
their history.
Practices and Races
We practice in the boat on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from
March to mid-June, and again from August to the end of October. We run "rookie practices" at the beginning of each season for people new to rowing. We're racing
on
many of the last six Saturdays of each season.
From our home berth
at South Beach Harbor/Pier 40 in San Francisco, we row up and down the waterfront
and around Treasure Island, or Alcatraz...or Angel Island. We're on our way
back from Angel Island in the picture below. We row back and forth to Berkeley
and Oakland for the races that take place there.
That's
a
lot
of rowing!
So if you like a good
hard workout, some fun races, rowing out in the bay, and plenty
of great people, give us a try!!
Contact us at info@ITCrowing.com and
we'll get
you on the boat!
Location
Our home berth is South Beach Harbor / Pier 40,
Townsend at the Embarcadero in San Francisco -- by ATT Park. There’s parking
in the lot at the head of Townsend. You can also take the trolleys or walk from
downtown SF.
We sometimes dock at Hyde Street Harbor in SF or at
Embarcadero Cove on the Oakland Estuary to be closer to races held in those locations.
Practice Schedule
We practice Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings. People row two to three practices a week.
Money
Come out and see if you like it. And we can see how you do. If you join
and race in the spring, our fees are $265 for the calendar year.
This includes your racing team t-shirt, insurance and race fees. You pay $105
if you join in the fall. When you come back the next spring, our yearly fees
are $475. That covers docking fees, boat maintenance, insurance and race
fees. When the dust clears, it's not a very expensive sport for the amount
of time we spend in the boat!
What to bring/wear:
We row rain or shine, so bring appropriate gear. Even sunny days turn cool on the water, so bring it all! Most people bring on board a small backpack or bag for gear. Bring/wear:
- Water – even on cool days
- T-shirt, sweatshirt, windbreaker, hat, sunglasses, etc.
- Rubber-soled shoes (most any sort of athletic shoe is ok, white sole is best
to reduce scuffs)
- Gloves -- the kind with fingers exposed like those used for bicycles or weightlifting.
If you don’t have any, we usually have an extra pair or two kicking around
the boat.
- Pants: Most people wear two pair of pants:
- Inner shorts that are tight fitting like tri-athlete shorts (spandex/cotton)
- Outer pants, long or short, that have a smooth finish, such as:
- a second pair of tri-athlete shorts with a smooth/shinny finish
- looser soccer-type shorts with a smooth/shinny finish
- windbreaker pants with a smooth/shinny finish
- you get the point
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