Rowing Clubs in Boston (33 Clubs)

Founded 1851 - the oldest continuously operating rowing club in metropolitan Boston and the third oldest in the United States. A delegate at the founding meeting of the body that became USRowing.

Harvard rowing dates to 1852 and the first Harvard-Yale Regatta - the oldest intercollegiate sporting event in the United States. Boats from Newell Boathouse on the Allston bank.

BC High Crew traces its racing history to 1863, making it one of the oldest schoolboy rowing programmes in the United States. Boats from the schools Dorchester Bay waterfront.

Founded 1869 by Cambridge tradesmen as a working-mans alternative to the Harvard and Union clubs. Today a leading competitive open club producing national-team scullers.

Founded 1875 - the first womens rowing programme established at any US college. Novices train on Lake Waban; varsity boats move to the Charles River for racing.

BB&N was the first American schoolboy crew to win the Henley Royal Regatta - taking the Thames Challenge Cup in 1929. Boats from Gerrys Landing alongside Cambridge Boat Club.

MIT crew began in 1900 and is the only EARC mens programme that races both heavyweight and lightweight at varsity level. Boats from Pierce Boathouse opposite Boston University.

MIT lightweights - perennial EARC contenders and 2010s IRA medallists. Shares Pierce Boathouse with the heavyweights and womens crew.

Founded 1909, around 800 members today. The Eliot Bridge finish line of the Head of the Charles runs past its dock; many CBC members are current or former US national-team athletes.

Harvard 150s - the lightweight programme established 1922 and a perennial EARC and IRA medal threat. Trains alongside the heavyweights at Newell.

Nobles crew is one of the few remaining spring-only schoolboy programmes in New England, with strong NEIRA results and large Head of the Charles entries.

Northeastern rowing competes in NCAA Division I (womens), the CAA, the EARC and the IRA. Henderson Boathouse sits adjacent to Community Rowings Harry Parker Boathouse.

BC mens crew is a self-funded club programme that competes at the ACRA national championships. Rows from the Edmonds Boathouse just upstream of Newton Yacht Club.

Belmont Hill crew has won five NEIRA championships. Long-time head coach Chris Richards rowed at Harvard and continues to compete at masters level.

BU mens rowing competes in the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges and the IRA. The DeWolfe Boathouse sits on the Cambridge bank opposite the BU campus.

Andover crew - the Boston-area boarding school programme that boats on the Merrimack rather than the Charles. Annual highlight is the Andover-Exeter dual race and the Henley Royal Regatta tour.

Founded as Radcliffe rowing in 1971 and one of the most decorated NCAA Division I womens rowing programmes. Boats from Weld Boathouse on the Cambridge bank opposite Newell.

BU womens rowing competes in NCAA Division I and the Patriot League, boating from DeWolfe Boathouse alongside the mens squad.

MIT womens rowing competes in NCAA Division III and the EAWRC Sprints, with both varsity and lightweight squads boating from Pierce Boathouse.

Tufts womens rowing competes in NCAA Division III. Uniquely for a Boston-area programme, the Jumbos boat from the Malden River rather than the Charles.

Founded 1985 - the first non-profit public-access rowing club in Boston and one of the largest in the United States. Former Executive Director Bruce Smith went on to co-found Hydrow.

Rowing is the largest single sport at Brookline High with around 120 athletes. Trains daily on the Charles and races at the Head of the Charles and the MPSRA championship.

BLS Crew, founded 1985, represents the oldest public school in America (1635). Boats from the schools own boathouse on Soldiers Field Road, shared with Brookline.

Co-ed NCAA Division III club programme founded 1986. Practices five days a week out of Stoller Boathouse, shared with Lasell University rowing.

The Winsor School is the leading girls independent school in Boston. Winsor crew has won eight New England championships in 10 years between 2008 and 2017.

The crew programme of the district public high school in Cambridge. A club sport in the fall and a varsity sport in the spring, boating from Cambridge Boat Club.

Dexter Southfield competes in NEIRA, rowing coxed fours from its own boathouse on the upper Charles in Dedham.

Founded 2003 by the Boston-based moving company of the same name. Runs adult and youth programmes on the Mystic and competes through the New England fall and spring head-race calendar.

The combined Arlington and Belmont public high school crew, founded 2005. Practices on Spy Pond and competes at NEIRA and MPSRA regattas.

Open-water saltwater rowing club on Bostons North Shore, offering unlimited rowing access to qualified rowers and one of the few dedicated coastal rowing clubs in the metro area.

BC womens rowing competes in NCAA Division I and the Atlantic Coast Conference, the first ACC womens rowing programme established by an east-coast Catholic university.

Charles River Rowing Club runs adult learn-to-row, masters and youth summer camps on the Charles and offers harbour rowing options for sea-rowing oriented members.

Pingrees rowing programme, founded 2017 on Chebacco Lake, races NEIRA against BU Academy, Thayer Academy and Berwick.