Berkeley Paddling and Rowing Club

Activities

The club is completely volunteer-run and relies on members to support up-keep of the boat house, the city’s dock, and adjacent areas of the Park.   To this end, the club hold’s a boathouse clean-up day early each May when members maintain and repair the boathouse and equipment, clean up the grounds, prune, rake, paint, etc.

The Club conducts outreach to the community in order to introduce newcomers to paddling and rowing.   For example, each June, BPRC participates in USRowing’s learn-to-row day.   From time to time, the club also holds paddling clinics for both beginners and more experienced kayakers.   Informal coaching is available for rowers and kayakers of all levels.

BPRC also participates in Park-wide clean-up activities such as Earth Day and Coastal Clean-Up Day in September.

Recent Events

Saturday, July 28th, 2008, Sausalito

3rd North American Open Water Rowing Championships

www.openwaterracing.com

Competing were several local rowers along with the men's doubles team who finished second in the Olympic Trials by 1.5 seconds.   Among the local rowers was Daine Davis of BPRC and South End, and she's the defending women's open water champion.   Another BPRC rower competitor was Ellen Braithwaite, and Kathryn Furano was on the committee boat at the finish line.

The course went out under the Golden Gate Bridge, around Angel Island and back to the Horizons Restaurant (finish line).   It was an interesting morning on the "big water."

Saturday, June 7th, 2008, 9am-noon

National Learn to Row Day

(see BPRC photos on Flickr for a photo record of this event)

Berkeley Rowing and Paddling Club is always welcoming new members and 'Learn to Row Day' was a perfect chance for the public to come and check our boathouse out.   The event was hosted by a number of the clubs veteran members and who offered:

• Instruction on proper use of the rowing machines.
• Dockside and on water rowing instruction.
• Tours of the boathouse.
• Light refreshments.

Our club fleet has a range of rowing, kayaking and canoeing boats - perfect for all skills and sizes.

This was a free event.

Sunday, April 27th, 2008, 9am

Paddling Tippy Boats - demo & balance clinic

Kenny Howell had the newest Epic Legacy K-1 (which the club is considering purchasing) as well as several surfskis.

And John Dye helped people learn to balance in the tippiest of boats and paddle faster K-1's and surfskis.

This was a free event.

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