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George Watson's College Boat Club is the school rowing programme of George Watson's College in Edinburgh. The club rows on the Union Canal and is affiliated to Scottish Rowing, whose club list uses the abbreviated form George Watson's College RC.

The club was founded in 1958. Its crews enter Scottish competition, the National Schools' Regatta, British Rowing Junior Championships and Henley Royal Regatta.

In 2021, more than 30 GWC rowers from S3 to S6 contested the British Rowing Junior Championships. The team won four medals, including bronze in the WJ15 double, silver in the WJ16 single, bronze in the WJ16 pair and bronze through a composite WJ18 eight. Most GWC boats reached A or B finals, and the school described the team as the most successful Scottish club at the event.

The same season, a GWC junior men's quad pre-qualified for the Fawley Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. It beat Hereford Cathedral School over the 2,012-metre course before becoming the first GWC crew to progress through a Henley round.

The club has produced international rowers including Olympic silver medallist Harry Leask and world champion Callum McBrierty. Its national championship record covers junior crews in both sweep rowing and sculling.