Learn to Row
OPEN WATER ROWING CLINICS | COACHED ROWS | ECHO ROWING TEAM
Learn recreational open water rowing from Rowing for All for a lifetime of fun and fitness. Rowing clinics for teens to active seniors; enjoy open water rowing from Little Harbor Boathouse along the spectacular New England Coast in Marblehead, Massachusetts.
Discover open water rowing: what many consider to be the ultimate body, mind, spirit sport on land or water! Recreational open water rowing is one of the fastest growing sports in America and for good reason! Rowing is a low-impact sport ideally suited to teens, boomers and active seniors looking to burn up to 800 calories per hour from an exhilarating full-body, resistance and aerobic work-out. The gentle nature of the sport on the joints has many enthusiasts rowing well into their 80s. Add rowing to the short list of ultimate life-time sports.
Rowing is a non-weight bearing exercise ideal for the serious runner, swimmer, biker looking for the optimum way to cross train (shed that last 10 stubborn pounds) or those of us who want to get back in shape no matter what. You may have previous injuries or sensitive joints or more weight than you'd like. Rowing incorporates strength training for the core, legs and upper-body and is a high-calorie burn. Perfect for all ages and sizes -- whether you're 20 something and just out of a collegiate rowing experience or love the water and want a way to be on it. This sport is for everyone including and especially overweight, middle age or beyond. If being on the water, having fun and getting the best work-out available appeals to you -- Echo open water rowing is it!
Be happier, healthier, fitter! Rowing!
Learn-to-row, open water rowing clinics, trainings & coached rows. Echo Open Water Rowing Team.
U.S. Rowing Certified Coaches. Contact us to inquire about a program to suit your ability, schedule and goals.
Current COACHING |ROWING PROGRAMS | SCHEDULE
Register for all programs, membership, rack space at the Little Harbor Boathouse, 40 Doaks Lane, Little Harbor, Marblehead, MA.
Mail address: Rowing For All, 7 Doaks Ln, Marblehead, MA 01945
Novice Program: Level I
Recreational rowing for all new and novice rowers with little or no sculling experience. Each Session offers two, 2 hour sessions plus two 2 hour optional Open Row practice sessions the next week on Mon & Weds: 8 - 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. All equipment and PFD’s provided. Please note: sessions are scheduled to row during high tide periods. NOTE Don't see dates that work? We're happy to schedule a Learn-to-Row program for you and friends! Contact Maryellen.
Weekday Level I Sessions:
Meets Tues & Thurs for two 2 hour classes: $125/session
NEXT SESSION FOR LADIES ONLY: Sept 7 & 9 from 10 a.m. - noon
Weekly OPEN ROWS: (LHB Membership or $28/person all equipment provided)
Sept/Oct are spectacular months for rowing from Little Harbo! LH Boathouse Keeper Anne Malloy is on staff to assist rowers on and off the water.
Come row with others!
Mondays: 7 - 9 a.m.; 5:30 -7:00 pm
Wednesday: 7 - 9 a.m.; 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Saturday: 7:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Level 1 Completion or equivalent required.
No advanced registration required; come row with us! Please be prompt.
Coached Rows: call Maryellen to schedule; check back often for schedule updates and coaching availability.
Private Coaching Sessions:
Contact Maryellen with days/times that work for you.
maryellen@rowingforall.com; 781-990-3552
Single Private Lessons:
1 lesson: $75 per session (75 min.)
3 lesson pack: $210
5 Lesson pack: $330
10 Lesson pack: $600
Double Private Lessons:
1 lesson: $115
3 lesson pack: $330
5 Lesson pack: $525
10 Lesson pack: $990
Echo Open Water Rowing Team:
Echo Open Water Rowing Team currently seeking experienced oarsmen for Jamestown Counter Revolution, (Jamestown, R.I. 15.5 mile race on August 28) & Soundkeepers Lighthouse to Lighthouse Race (Westport, CT 14.5 mile race on Sept. 18). Cross train, take up open water rowing! Join the new Little Harbor Boathouse in Marblehead! Stunning position with direct water access to Salem Sound. Affordable membership fees! Contact Maryellen Auger: 781-990-3552; info@rowingforall.com
BEST ROWING VALUE IN GREATER BOSTON! JOIN the LITTLE HARBOR BOATHOUSE:
Membership options:
$350 and all coached rows you can make for the rest of the season are included. Plus 20% discount on clinics & private coaching.
$200 and add Coached Rows ($28/session) and Private Coaching as you like.
General Info for New Rowers:
Clothing: All participants must bring their own whistle (required by the Coast Guard). Wear fitted clothing, water shoes for beach launch . Loose or baggy clothing will get caught on the oars or in the rollers of the moving seats. Please be prepared for typically colder temps on the water. Dress for weather 10 degrees cooler than it is at your house.
Arrival: Arrive ready to row 10 minutes prior to the start time. Parking and entrance to Little Harbor Boathouse: 40 Doaks Lane, Marblehead.
Cancellations: Rowing sessions are rarely canceled. If there is a cancellation please phone 781-990-3552 where it will be announced on the Rowing For All answering machine. We will make every effort to make up any canceled session.
The YMCA conducts swim tests for all ages. Swim Tests are available M-F: 10 - 4 p.m. Fee: Member-$5 Community-$8 Swimmers must swim 100 yards in a competent manner (no time limit), tread water for at least 5 minutes and then put on a personal flotation device. You may register for a program prior to completion. You must have the Swim Test Certificate prior to taking the class.
FOR A SEASON OF ROWING, JOIN THE LITTLE HARBOR BOATHOUSE OPEN WATER ROWING TRAINING CENTER: For Membership Information and benefits visit the Open Water Rowing Training Center page of this website.BEST ROWING VALUE IN GREATER BOSTON! JOIN the LITTLE HARBOR BOATHOUSE:
Membership options:
$350 and all coached rows you can make for the rest of the season are included.
$200 and add Coached Rows ($28/session) as you like.
All clinics launch from the Little Harbor Boathouse at Gas House Beach with direct water access to Little Harbor and Salem Sound.
Rowing For All Coaching Staff:
Head Coach Brian Chorney is a US Rowing Level II coach with 8 years of competitive rowing experience. He's the head rowing coach at EndicottCollege in Beverly, MA and co-head coach at Lasell College in Newton, MA . He began rowing as a freshman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, where he earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering. At CWRU, Chorney served as team captain for 4 years, held numerous club officer positions, medals, and awards, rowed in the semi-finals of the Dad Vail Regatta, and claimed team lightweight erg records at every recorded distance. His open water rowing career began in Maine the following summer and entered his first open ocean race the following year. Brian continues his rowing career on both flat water and the ocean, last year alone competing in close to 10 regattas, including the Blackburn Challenge, the North American Open Water Rowing Championships, and the Head of the Charles Regatta. Outside of rowing and coaching, Chorney works full-time designing jet engines and is finishing his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Teen Program Head Coach: James F. Keating
Head Coach Brian Chorney is a US Rowing Level II coach with 8 years of competitive rowing experience. He's the head rowing coach at EndicottCollege in Beverly, MA and co-head coach at Lasell College in Newton, MA . He began rowing as a freshman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, where he earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering. At CWRU, Chorney served as team captain for 4 years, held numerous club officer positions, medals, and awards, rowed in the semi-finals of the Dad Vail Regatta, and claimed team lightweight erg records at every recorded distance. His open water rowing career began in Maine the following summer and entered his first open ocean race the following year. Brian continues his rowing career on both flat water and the ocean, last year alone competing in close to 10 regattas, including the Blackburn Challenge, the North American Open Water Rowing Championships, and the Head of the Charles Regatta. Outside of rowing and coaching, Chorney works full-time designing jet engines and is finishing his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Teen Program Head Coach: James F. Keating
I started rowing at a very young age on the waters around Atlantic City, N.J.I say around Atlantic City because it is an island (Absecon Island). I was 16 years old when I had my first ocean race in heavy built lifeguard boats. During the same time I was introduced to sculling and with the help of many I was able to start schoolboy rowing at Atlantic City High School.?For the next 10 years every summer I would row the lifeguard boats in the ocean and the shells in the calmer waters in the back bay behind Atlantic City. During this time I won both single and double races in the lifeguard boats as well as rowing in every type of shell from singles, pairs, doubles, quads, fours, and eights.?After college I focused mainly on the single shell. My efforts have reaped rewards. I have rowed at the U.S. Nationals, Masters Nationals and World Masters. I am old enough to have competed in all three Henley Regattas (British, Canadian & American). I do not know if this can be duplicated because the American Henley is no longer held. I still compete in sprint racing in the summer and head racing in the Fall. Member: Union Boat Club | Men's Veteran (60-69) Singles; Head of the Housatonic 2009. This summer I will return to ocean racing, but not in lifeboats, rather in Echo Open Water Rowing Shells.
Director | Principal: Maryellen Auger, Director
Director | Principal: Maryellen Auger, Director
Maryellen Auger launched Rowing For All LLC in the spring of 2009 with the intention of encouraging individuals, clubs and communities to take up open water rowing for a lifetime of fun, fitness & well-being. In 2010, Maryellen and Rowing For All became the exclusive International Marketing and Sales Agent for Echo Rowing Shells -- the cutting-edge, innovative, versatile, stable open water performance shell designed by Douglas Martin and hand-built by Ted Perry in Eliot, ME. Maryellen is an avid Echo open water rower, U.S. Rowing Level 1 Certified Coach, 3rd place Blackburn Challenge women's touring class competitor (20+ mile race around Cape Ann off Gloucester, MA ) and member of Marblehead Rowing Club. She competes for fun and fitness in open water competitions. Maryellen received Marblehead Rowing Club’s 2009 R N R Howard Blackburn Award: "For taking this grueling event on from the inside out; for the courage to try for the summit, and for sharing this life changing experience with great enthusiasm."
Above and beyond the exhilarating full-body work-out and the big calorie burn supporting a significant weight release and maintenance -- open water rowing is about the experience of peace and power I experience with fluid stroke of my oars. I've always been an active person and in rowing I've found a sport that brings me joy, strength and wellness for a lifetime! I am looking forward to sharing my love of rowing with you.
Maryellen Auger
M.A. Spiritual Psychology
B.S. Recreation Resource Management
maryellen@rowingforall.com
781-990-3552
Above and beyond the exhilarating full-body work-out and the big calorie burn supporting a significant weight release and maintenance -- open water rowing is about the experience of peace and power I experience with fluid stroke of my oars. I've always been an active person and in rowing I've found a sport that brings me joy, strength and wellness for a lifetime! I am looking forward to sharing my love of rowing with you.
Maryellen Auger
M.A. Spiritual Psychology
B.S. Recreation Resource Management
maryellen@rowingforall.com
781-990-3552
ROWING FOR ALL IS GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF:
Echo Rowing LLC
IROW: International Recreation and Open Water Rowing Association
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT, EQUIPMENT AND FRIENDSHIP,
FOR LENDING YOUR FLEET of ECHO ROWING SHELLS AND ALDEN'S AND MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO LAUNCH ROWING FOR ALL PROGRAMS!
IROW’s mission is to provide a community for recreational sliding seat rowers of all ages to enjoy camaraderie, wellness and an appreciation of nature through educational, touring and competitive events. JOIN IROW! PARTICIPATE IN IROW EVENTS. ROW WITH IROW !
Echo Rowing LLC
IROW: International Recreation and Open Water Rowing Association
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT, EQUIPMENT AND FRIENDSHIP,
FOR LENDING YOUR FLEET of ECHO ROWING SHELLS AND ALDEN'S AND MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO LAUNCH ROWING FOR ALL PROGRAMS!
IROW’s mission is to provide a community for recreational sliding seat rowers of all ages to enjoy camaraderie, wellness and an appreciation of nature through educational, touring and competitive events. JOIN IROW! PARTICIPATE IN IROW EVENTS. ROW WITH IROW !
Join the rowing meetup group closest to you. Be in the know about open water rowing events:
Rowing For All - Greenwich, CT
Rowing For All - Swampscott, MA
Rowing Gals - North Shore of Boston
