Joining Riverside Boat ClubAnyone may apply to join Riverside Boat Club.
Riverside Boat Club is a 501 (c) 3 non-profitrowing organization that provides both Sweep rowing and Sculling for members.The Club
provides programs in sweeps and sculling for competent rowers be they recreational or international elite competitors.Beyond basic rowing
skills, our only qualification is service to the club.RBC is 100% managed by its volunteer members who are required to attend work parties,
help with regattas and perform other committee work.
Founded in 1869 by immigrant Irish workers from the Riverside Press, Riverside Boat Club was originally located at the foot of Albro Street,
between River and Western Ave.A second boathouse followed shortly but was burned beyond repair in 1911.Riverside relocated and rebuilt
at its current site, then known as Captain's Island, to make room for Memorial Drive.Always proud of its humble beginnings, news clippings
from the 1920's boast of the club's lack of higher education in its ranks.They were carpenters and brick layers and printers...and they were
winning races!
From the beginning, Riverside's hallmark has been racing.Riverside scullers were nationally ranked soon after the club's founding, and the
club's first team-boat national title was won in 1894.In 1936, Riverside earned the right to represent the US in the four-with at the
Olympics.Since then, many athletes have temporarily traded their blue and white stripes for Red White and Blue blades of the US team to
compete in World Championship regattas and the Olympic Games.But just as important, Riverside continues to be a dominant force in the club
and masters racing circuit as well.
The one constant at Riverside through our 140+-year history is that the involvement of the membership defines the club.All
management and running of the club is by volunteer effort.Hundreds of people have worked to achieve Riverside's goal of affordable, quality
rowing at all levels.We welcome new members who will continue the traditions of Riverside.