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 Rowing is for EVERYONE, not just collegiate and
Olympic athletes. It is a non-impact activity, which can be enjoyed out-of-doors, year-round, by persons
of all ages (teens to octogenarians) of both sexes...and Hilton Head Island provides an
ideal setting.
It does not require the eye-hand coordination and agility of tennis; it does not require
the time nor lead to the frustrations of golf. A rower can burn calories faster than by running, swimming or cycling.
But, at a slower pace one can enjoy the feel of a boat sliding silently through the water while watching
birds or dolphins or viewing the rising sun.
Sculling is rowing with one hand on each of two oars, generally in a "single". In "sweeps" rowing 2, 4 or 8 persons
are seated in line in a boat with each rower holding one oar. Often there is a forward-facing coxswain
in the stern to steer the boat and direct the rowers.
Rowing singles range in size from racing boats 26 feet long, less than a foot wide, weighing less than
30 pounds to recreational shells only 16 feet long, nearly two feet wide, weighing 45 pounds (and nearly impossible
to overturn). A 4-person shell for sweeps rowing may be 43 feet long and weigh over 140 pounds. An "eight" for
8 rowers and a cox may be 65 feet long and weigh nearly 200 pounds.
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