East Bay Rowing Club

East Bay Rowing Club is the home of community rowing in Oakland. It rows on the Oakland Estuary from the Jack London Aquatic Center on the Embarcadero, a facility owned and operated by the City of Oakland.

The club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax ID 27-5015797, and serves rowers, coxswains, coaches and parents across Oakland and the broader East Bay.

Its stated aspiration is to be the home of community rowing in Oakland and the East Bay, fostering teamwork, promoting fitness and making the most of being out in nature. The club publishes a statement of support for diversity, equity and inclusion, and says it strives to reflect the diversity of the local community in the programmes it offers and in how it works with athletes, coaches, staff and volunteers.

Adult programmes cover masters rowing for learning, recreational rowing and competition, with a novice team and a Learn to Row course as the way in. The club is direct about what beginners are taking on: coaches teach technique, how the boat works, what a coxswain does, and the language of rowing, which it says sounds like a foreign tongue for about a week and then suddenly clicks.

Financial aid is available for both masters and junior rowing, applied for through the club's website - a practical commitment behind the access statement rather than only a stated one.