Watch Competitive Rowing | Lake Merced

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Come watch competitive rowers duke it out on Lake Merced in this season’s first regatta. Remember the gliding crafts of the twins in Social Network? LucasFilm actually recorded rowing sounds used in the movie on Lake Merced, using the Pacific Rowing Club’s boats and crews.

You can see the action all weekend from the Lake Merced Boathouse, which is on Rec & Park property so there’s no charge at all. Feel free to put a “charge” into your cheers though. (MUNI’s #18 bus goes down there too so it’s easy to access)

Rowing has been described as the “ultimate team sport” because each rower’s individual effort, no matter how great, must harmonize with that of every other rower to create the smooth, synchronous flow of a winning boat.

About The Club: Since 1980, the Pacific Rowing Club has been a place for Bay Area high schoolers (girls & boys) to learn about competitive teamwork. Members have been recruited to rowing teams at Cal, USC, Yale, Columbia, Duke, Stanford and many more. This is all to say it’s pretty prestigious.

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