Welcome to Berkshire Community Rowing
The rowing season is in full swing. Please visit Regatta Central at https://www.regattacentral.com to see our full offering of lessons, programs, and memberships.
President’s Message:
Make sure you know how to stop. If you find yourself about to collide with a fishing boat (it’s happened to many of us), make sure you know how to check the boat’s forward motion (AKA Hold Water). I practiced this in a double the other day with Coach Soren. Rowing hard, we checked the boat in eight meters on our first try. Not very good. We got it down to 3.5 meters on our fourth try, so practice really helps. Team boat crews should know the various commands used for stopping (they are STOP! and CHECK! and HOLD WATER!) and be ready at an instant to Hold Water. Please don’t rely on the fishermen to call out to you in time. Keep a vigilant watch off your bow and practice Hold Water every season. Be safe.
BCR Committees:
We need active, focused committees, and we need you to be an active, focused committee member.
As committee members, we reduce the burdens on the board, we bring specialized expertise, we get things done, and we provide consistency and build institutional knowledge. Check out the presentation Connell McGrath gave at the annual meeting March 18th for details. It’s here.
So . . . volunteer for a BCR Committee of your choice and drive BCR forward!
Sign Up for the 2026 Season
Registration for our 2026 season is open on Regatta Central, regattacentral.com, and as always, we encourage monthly ACH payments if that’s helpful for you — just send an email to info@berkshirerowing.com to learn how to set it up.
Berkshire Community Rowing (BCR) offers rowing experiences and coaching for people of all ages. We row in individual and team boats, for both recreation and competition. Since 1995, our not-for-profit organization has helped hundreds of people discover their ability to move a shell through the water, or rediscover their love of this. The Berkshire Community Rowing boathouse is located within Burbank Park at Onota Lake, off Valentine Road in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.