Everyone from beginners to hard-core competitive rowers love this row-anywhere boat. It’s stable, comfortable, ideal for rowing in wind and waves or gliding along on calm flat water. Rowers love the feeling of getting away from it all, out on the water, breathing fresh clean air while at the same time getting one of [...]
For the traditional fixed seat rower, this Classic Whitehall Spirit® Tyee 14 represents a boat that is practical and perfect for rowing in lakes or the ocean and easily handles rough water. It is favored for row fishing and a Custom Row Fishing Model is available. The Classic Whitehall Spirit® Tyee 14 evolved from the [...]
Rowing a seaworthy slide seat rowboat that lets you use the combined power of your legs, core and arms strengthens your body and reinforces your soul. Doctors and health professionals recommend slide seat sculling because it is a low impact, full body exercise. It uses up to 90% of your muscles, including both legs at [...]
Campbell River is a coastal community on the east coast of Vancouver Island where in early fall a large run of Chinook Salmon returns to the river to spawn. Those fish that have matured to over 30 lbs are called “Tyee” salmon. Around 1910 Ned Painter, a local boatbuilder, began building beautiful lapstrake cedar-planked rowboats [...]
The Westcoast 11.6 can row in wave conditions that are much too rough for most boats of this size. A steady speed of 3 to 4 knots (to 9 km/h) can be maintained for hours. It packs a load of 4 adults quite easily. It’s very stable. Wakes or waves are no problem at all [...]