Reply to Public high school rowing club expense/experience

Forum Index » Sports General Discussion

Reply to "Public high school rowing club expense/experience "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]So you want to start a team from scratch? Start up costs would be pretty steep. Do you have access to a boathouse in which to store boats? You’ll have to buy the boats (a new 8 is at least $35k, but you could get a used one for half that). You will need more than one boat - maybe a quad, a 4+, a double, maybe some trainer singles. You need to buy oars, maybe used at $250 minimum apiece for an 8 that needs 8 oars. Like a PP said, you need a launch (small motor boat) or two for on-water coaching.

You have to pay to store the boats, for repairs, for coaching, entry to regattas, transportation, access to a boat trailer and a vehicle that can tow the trailer, someone who knows how to drive a rowing trailer…etc etc

My kid belongs to a very low budget regional rowing team (many high schools represented). We get cast off boats for cheap from local private schools, we use a city-owned boathouse, our coaches are basically college students, we get grant funding to cover some of our programming, and our fees are $900 per season. We never win, but the kids love it.

Big endeavor to start a club, but not impossible![/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics