Spring Training/ Visiting Crews
The Augusta Rowing Club (ARC) is excited to welcome and host you in these two beautiful rowing venues, the Savannah River and Langley Pond. In collaboration with the city of Augusta, Aiken County Parks and Recreation, Langley Pond Rowing Venue, and the Augusta Sports Council, the ARC is pleased to provide you with the following information concerning our visiting training programs.
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Venues
We have over 16 miles of calm water on the Savannah River that is row-able through all four seasons. The Augusta Rowing Club also has access to a 2k rowing course, Langley Pond, which is only 9 miles away. If your team wants to train at Langley Pond, the Augusta Rowing Club point of contact will help coordinate your training time there as well as launches.
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The boathouse bottom floor, which is the space that the rowing club occupies, is available to visiting teams except during ARC practice times which are Monday, 4:30-6 pm, Tuesday, 4:30-8 pm, Thursday, 4:30-8 pm, and Saturday, 9-11 am. Visiting teams are welcome to provide their own ergs, and ARC can set up temporary tents for training if requested. Ergs can also be set up under the pavilion in the parking area, but ARC is not responsible for damage, loss, or theft.
Dock and Facility Use
The 2026 training cost is $5 per athlete (rowers and coxswains) per day. This only includes days that athletes actively use the docks or facility and does not include early/late trailer arrivals/departures or days that only involve rigging/derigging. If you are training longer than 10 days, then the price is negotiable depending upon the size of your team. Since it is likely that multiple teams will be visiting simultaneously, teams will be asked to coordinate daily start times to avoid congestion on the docks and to get rowers on the water as efficiently as possible.
Rowing Equipment Use
The club is no longer offering shells or oars for rental.
Launch Use​
There are a limited number of launches with engines available for rent. Teams will be requested to sign a contract and provide a deposit of $250 per boat for damage. If boats are returned in good condition, the deposit will be returned at the end of spring training.
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Jon Boat Launch Only (Bring your own Engine) - $250/week (gas is not provided)
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Jon Boat Launch + 8 hp Engine - $500/week (gas is provided)
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Carolina Skiff + 25-30 hp Engine - $1000/week (gas is provided)
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Wakeless launch + 15-20 hp Engine - $1250/week (gas is provided)
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Teams will be responsible to pull aluminum boats up onto the dock at the end of practice each day.
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If your team wishes to train both at Langley Pond and on the Savannah River and need launches moved between the two venues, there will be an additional $250/boat transfer fee.
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