We are getting closer and closer to our 2024 on the water season! With no ice in the Charlottetown Harbour, we have our fingers crossed that the docks will be in at the Charlottetown Yacht Club as early as they were last year when they went in April 29th.
It will still take a while for the water to warm up, but that will be the first sign of spring for Rowing PEI!!
1. Intro to Rowing will have a new format in 2024!
Read more about our Intro to Rowing program here!
We will start on the indoor rowing machine in May to have you ready to hit the water as soon as the weather permits.
Please send an email to rowingpei@gmail.com to add your name to a waiting list for later in the summer.
Limited spots available.
Registration officially opens on April 1, 2024.
Join Rowing PEI on Facebook and follow us on Instagram!
Our coastal boats are made especially for the wind and wave conditions on the Harbour. We row out of the Charlottetown Yacht Club from May to October.
Intro to Rowing is your entry point to the wonderful sport of rowing! Whether you’re looking for a low impact, full body workout, a way to get out on the water, a chance to meet some great people or a combination, it all starts here.
No experience with water sports is needed and it is a great substitute for exercise after being in the gym all winter.
2. Rowing PEI Annual General Meeting
Saturday March 16, 2024 10 am to noon
House of Sport – Royalty Centre 40 Enman Crescent Charlottetown
(storm date: Saturday March 23, 2024 same time)
We hope you will join us to hear highlights from last season and look ahead to 2024.
Everyone who attends will have a chance to win a stylish Rowing PEI toque!
3. Saturday April 27, 2024 – Ice Blaster Indoor Rowing Challenge 9:00 am to 12:30 pm
Stratford Emergency Measures Building, Georgetown Road roundabout
Racing distances: 500 metres, 1,000 metres, 2,000 metres and a 2,000 m relay!
Age Divisions: 18 and under (Junior) and 18+ (Adult)
*Registration opens April 1st. You need to register with Rowing Canada and pay the $30 registration fee by Friday April 26th. https://membership.
Here is the list of events:2024 Ice Blaster Indoor Rowing Challenge
4. Key Dates for Returning Members and Volunteers – Here are a few important dates to put in your calendars:
Tuesday April 30, 2024 – 6:30 – 8:00 pm House of Sport – 40 Enman Crescent – Safety training for boat drivers/coaches/dock captains – review 2024 safety plans for Charlottetown/Brackley and Brudenell
Saturday May 4, 2024 House of Sport – 40 Enman Crescent – Safety refresher for returning members 10 am to noon
We will be offering Early Bird Membership Fees in the month of April! Stay tuned for details!!
5. PEI proud!!
Our crew in Charlottetown rowed just over 300 kilometres, including 26 from Brianne from Free from the Harbour and a half marathon (21.2km) from Brendan Reynard!! We had 15 km from Emily Cameron and then this crew almost all has personal best distances. Thanks also to CrossFit Summerside for their 85 kms. Prince Edward Island rocked Indoor Rowing Day in Canada 2024! Nationally, We had 1,033 participants who rowed 5,326 kilometres!! WOW! We didn’t quite make it across Canada but we know what it takes for next year. We are proud that we had kms rowed from every province plus the Northwest Territories!!! #
Adult Fitness Rowing
*resumes Sunday January 7, 2024
Here is the link to sign up for sessions!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A044CAEAF2BA20-rowing2
The sessions will be Wednesdays 7:15-8:15 pm and Sundays 3:30-4:45 pm.
REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW!
SAVE THE DATE! The Red Island Regatta will take place Saturday August 17 and Sunday August 18, 2024 at Brudenell River Provincial Park!!
We have a new format for 2024!
We will have beach sprint time trials on Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon will be the endurance events.
We will feature the beach sprint finals on Sunday morning.
Rowers who are NOT in a final will have the opportunity to be part of a beach sprint relay event!
So everyone gets to row on Sunday!! Our goal is to be finished by noon so everyone who needs to catch the ferry to Nova Scotia gets there in lots of time!
Questions? Drop us an email: rowingpei@gmail.com
Want to get a taste of the Red Island Regatta?
Check out this video from last year’s regatta!
Click here for the new link to the weather station at Charlottetown Yacht Club:
Real time weather conditions available 24/7 thanks to UPEI’s Climate Lab.
Click here for WindFinder for the Charlottetown Harbour.
Check out our promo video to get a taste of this workout with a view!
Thank you to everyone who supported our 1st Annual Auction In Support of Mental Health & Wellness Programs!!
The three not-for-profit organizations, Prince Edward Island Marathon, Spinal Cord Injury-PEI, and Rowing PEI jointly raised more than $10,000 for their mental health and wellness programs.
This fundraiser would not have been possible without the support of our many donors for providing our awesome auction prizes.
Rowing is a great outdoor sport with fantastic scenery. And it is considered one of the best workouts around!
Check out our HIGHLIGHTS from the 2022 Rowing PEI season:
Thank you to these important supporters of our rowing programs in 2022-2023.
Merci à ces importants partenaires de nos programmes d’aviron en 2022-2023.
Thank you to our 2023 sponsors:
Shaw’s Hotel
Thank you to our 2022 sponsors:
Platinum Sponsor – Arsenault Bros Construction
Silver sponsors
Cooke Insurance
Brown’s Volkswagen
Shaw’s Hotel
Check out the highlights from our 2021 Red Island Rowgatta, from Pat Martel Video!
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/K6a0wo8sC3Y
Junior Rowing!
Rowing PEI greatly appreciates the support of the Legacy Trust Fund in growing our coaching and officiating capacity.
Indoor Rowing Day in Canada 2023!
WE DID IT! We made it from tip to tip on Indoor Rowing Day in Canada!! Thanks to everyone rowing at Kinetic (220 kms) and #BZ (Well done!) to the crew at HMCS Queen Charlotte (100kms) plus we had a bonus 11 km from Emily Cameron in Scotland. Thank you also to Emma Porter for the wonderful map, Patty and Margarita on social media and Cynthia for tracking our metres! Let’s do it again next year PEI!!! #indoorrowingdayincanada
Check out this video for highlights from the day!!