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Teams & Programs

We offer a wide range of opportunities: Team sweep and sculling programs, skills classes, and fitness training. 

Learn to Row

Our learn to row classes are opening soon for spring 2024! Come experience the fun of rowing.

Adult Membership

$103/month with an annual contract or $134/month on a month-to-month basis

Family Membership

(2 Adults): $154.50/month

Private Boat Storage

The Pocock Rowing Club has limited availability of indoor rack space for private rowing shell and oar storage. 

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Age Reduced Membership

(Under 25): $62/month

Membership Options

The Pocock Rowing Club exists to foster an inclusive rowing community, supporting fitness, recreation, skill development, and to provide competitive racing opportunities for adult rowers of all skill levels. 

 

With over 200 active members, The Pocock Rowing Club is a thriving home for rowing in Seattle.

Member benefits at the Pocock Rowing Club ​

  • Club fleet of singles, doubles, pairs, quads, fours and eights.

  • Access to newest models of indoor rowing equipment, stationary bikes, and weight lifting equipment.

  • Nationally and regionally competitive sweep and sculling teams.

  • Independent small boat rowing. 

  • Private coaching sessions and small-group instruction opportunities. 

We want to help you find the right program as you start your rowing journey with us.  Come  meet the team, join in for a few practice sessions, and get a feel for the members and coaches.

Contact Us to learn more.

Sculling Classes

Teams at PRC

PRC teams offer coaching sessions for team members to increase fitness, improve technique, and prepare for racing events throughout the year.

Master's Competitive Sweep Team

  • This team is for athletes seeking to compete at a high level in national and regional competitions. The year-round training program is designed to improve skill, fitness, and team success. 

  • Racing primarily focuses on sweep boats, but the team trains in both sculling and sweep in all boat classes.

  • Practice sessions are coach-led three days a week in the early mornings. Additional time is expected of athletes to train outside of coached practice sessions.

  • Team members typically have multi-year experience in rowing with previous competitive racing.

Master's Sculling Team

  • This team is for the sculling athlete to train and compete at national and regional competitions. The year-round training program is designed to improve skill, fitness, and team success. 

  • Racing and training are exclusively done in sculling boats across all boat classes. The club features a well-maintained fleet of shells for members to utilize.

  • Practice sessions occur multiple times weekly in the early mornings and are coach-led.

  • Team members typically have previous sculling experience, are proficient in small-boat navigation, and are interested in racing.

 

Mixed Master's Evening Team

  • This team is for the rower who may be new to racing and want to compete primarily at regional competitions.

  • Racing and training primarily focus on sweep boats in all categories.

  • Practice sessions occur multiple times weekly in the evenings and are coach-led.

  • Team members typically have some previous rowing experience or demonstrated proficiency in rowing as a student in skills-oriented classes.

Affiliated Clubs

Sculling 1: 

Classes are intended to provide the foundation for skills required to become an independent sculler, including boat setup and

handling, dock etiquette, maneuvering, navigation, safety in all aspects of rowing on a busy waterway, weather wisdom, and of course,

refining sculling technique in both singles and team sculling boats. Expect to spend 8 months to a year in Sculling 1 before moving into

Sculling 2. Sculling 1 participants may come from our Learn to Row program or be a new member new to sculling.

Sculling 2:

classes continue to build a foundation toward independent sculling while adding both endurance and technical coaching. Sculling

2 students will learn how to do various drills including pause and swing drills, various oar handle work (wide grip/piano fingers/one and two

fingers), blade drills (half feather, full square, sky, alternating). In addition, Sculling 2 students will learn racing starts and participate in race

challenges in class, and begin learning both sprint and head race techniques. Speed coaches are desired but not mandatory.

Sculling 3:

Classes will be heavily focused on advanced technical drills in racing shells. This class is for experienced scullers who are familiar

with and can execute pause drills, swing drills, blade drills and handle work drills. The class will take technical focus to the next level,

developing technique with increasingly difficult challenges. This class will involve complex task loading intended to create a higher level of

awareness in a racing shell while developing an athleteʼs ability to respond to feedback on technical minutiae that is critical for refining the

rowing stroke. Initially, this class will only be offered once per week. Demand will dictate if more days will be offered.

Advanced Sculling Training and Theory:

Classes provide advanced on-water training for both endurance and race preparation. Class will

focus on finding power and speed through on-water workouts with technical feedback on the fly, as well as racing starts, sprint and head

race strategy, training plans, etc. Advanced navigation skills, a thorough knowledge of drills, and the ability to execute complex workouts

using a speed coach are required. Rowing in both singles and team boats will be an integral part of this class. This class will begin June 3rd.

Three independent adult teams are housed at the Pocock Rowing Club, with programming focused on older adults. Members of these teams are full-time members of the PRC and self-manage their unique programs.

The Ancient Mariners Rowing Club

  • A nationally competitive team for men ages 50 to 80. The Mariners train year-round with professional coaches and row and race throughout the U.S. and internationally.

  • Racing and training primarily focus on sweep boats, but the team trains in both sculling and sweep in all boat classes.

  • Team members typically have multi-year experience in rowing with previous competitive racing.

The Montlake Rowing Club

  • A competitive team for women ages 40 to 80. Montlake trains year-round with professional coaches, rows, and races throughout the U.S. and internationally.

  • Montlake offers its members six hours of professionally coached instruction per week.

The Charley McIntyre Sculling Club

  • A rowing club for adults (generally over 40) who are not focused on competitive rowing. The CMSC rows year-round three times each week. There are seven members. It holds coaching sessions for its members several times each year to improve their rowing skills.

Rowing is a sport, an art, a meditation, a community

Over 12 classes, you will learn the basics of the stroke for sculling and sweep rowing styles, water safety, and terminology.

 

  • Small class sizes, experienced coaches, and club volunteers help build on-water skills quickly & safely. Our club is situated between Portage Bay and Lake Union, providing an exceptional backdrop to your learning experience.

 

  • There is no membership required to join a learn to row session.  

 

  • Four-week sessions begin monthly; Class fee $250

All sessions meet Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for four weeks.

  • March 12th-April 5th, 7:00 am-8:30 am

  • April 9th-May 3rd, 6:45 pm - 8:15pm

  • May 7th-May 31st, 6:30am-8:00am

  • June 18th-July 12th, 6:30am - 8:00 am.

  • August 6th-August 30th, 7:00am - 8:30 am.

  • September 3rd-September 27th, 6:30am-8:00 am. 

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