ALBEMARLE ROWING
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Regatta 101

packing list

  • Team uniform – can’t race without it
  • Water proof duffle bag
  • Refillable water bottle
  • Hat and/or visor
  • Clothing for the weather—it will be colder/wetter than you expect – extra jackets, socks, layers
  • Change of clothes
  • Shoes to wear to the dock – easy slip off
  • Shoes for pre-race warm up runs
  • Sunscreen – overcast skies often turn to bright sun in the hour+ you are on the water
  • Rain gear
  • Hair ties, headbands, etc
  • Tp or tissues for the port-o-pots
  • Hand sanitizer
  • Blankets, gloves, hand warmers
  • $$ to buy event food or tshirts – sometime these sell out
  • Eno or other hammock, folding chairs
  • Healthy snacks as permitted pre-race --for breakfast, car ride, late night if staying over
  • Book – card games – something to relax and pass time with your teammates, socially distant
  • Cell phone and chargers
  • Team gear – show your Patriot spirit!
  • Especially for spectators - binoculars
  • In case of wet weather – old towels, giant trash bag for muddy stuff going home
  • Shoes for walking distances, sometimes in muddy conditions
  • Directions – expect traffic and some difficulty with parking.  Since there are no entrance tickets, the host organizations make their money by charging parking fees.  Cash.

Races

  • High school regattas are 1,500 meters (or .93 mile)
  • Olympic & collegiate regattas are 2,000m
  • Head races (or 'chases') are 5,000m (3.1 miles); local fall rowing programs compete in chases.

boats

  • Crew boats are technically called shells, and motor boats for coaches are called launches.
  • Rowers use oars to propel the boat. You can interchange the words 'boat' and 'shell' but you'd never call an oar a paddle (paddles are in kayaking).
  • Regatta entries can be either sweep (each rower has 1 long oar, ~12 feet long) or scull (each rower has 2 slightly shorter oars, ~9 feet long).
  • For sweep entries, rowers are in a pair, a four, or an eight.
  • Scull entries end in -le, such as a single, a double, or a quadruple (called a quad).
  • Two rowers with 1 long oar each row in a Pair, while 2 rowers with 2 oars each (4 oars total) row in a Double.
  • Four rowers with 1 long oar each row in a Four, while 4 rowers with 2 oars each (8 oars total) row in a Quad.
  • Entries are in Lightweight or Open categories, Women (W) and Men (M). There are no mixed categories (4 women, 4 men) for VASRA regattas.

heat sheets

Regatta Boat Designations on VASRA Heat Sheets:
(These can differ across platforms - Stotesbury uses slightly different designations)
  • x = sculling entry
    Example: 4x means a Quad (4 rowers, 8 oars)
    No 'x' means a coxed Four or a straight Four
    (4 rowers, 4 oars)
    Memory hint: think of 'x' as 'times 2' or crossed oars
  • + = coxed entry (the '+' is not always included on sheets, especially for 8s since they all have a coxswain)
  • All 8's are sweep and have a coxswain in stern
  • JR- = no seniors on the boat, even at coxswain
  • LT- = Lightweight entry
  • FR- = all high school freshmen on the boat
  • N- = Novice - all first-year rowers on the boat (may have an experienced coxswain but all rowers are in their first year with VASRA)
Make your tax deductible gift today
We depend on support from generous individuals like you to help fund our rowing program for Albemarle High School students. Your gift helps our program purchase shells and launches, pay for regatta fees, and keep dues as low as possible. Thank you for your generous contribution.

Albemarle High School Crew Boosters, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization
Our Federal Tax ID # is 47-2197483
 Our VA Tax Exempt form is HERE
Our VA Solicitation Exception is HERE
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  • About the Crew
    • History
    • Coaches
    • Crew & Awards
    • Alumni
    • Contact
  • Support the Crew
    • Why
    • How
    • Sponsors
  • In the Crew
    • Yearly Events
    • Winter Conditioning
    • Spring Team
    • Uniform & Gear
    • Rowing Lingo
    • Regatta 101
    • Scullership
  • Only the Crew
    • Info for Parents
    • Racing Schedule