The World’s Finest Oar And Sail Powered Boats & Equipment
The World's Finest Rowing and Sailing Boats & Equipment We design and build our boats one at a time - impeccably handcrafted to look and perform above your highest expectations. Whitehall Spirit® Solo 14® or Tango 17® The perfect fitness machine. World’s first copolymer slide seat sculling boats. Best [...]
Meet Whitehall Rowing & Sail and Oar Board at the BMO Vancouver Marathon Health, Sport & Lifestyle Expo, April 29 and 30
FREE & OPEN FOR EVERYONE! Look for Whitehall Rowing & Sail and Oar Board® SUP Rower at the Health, Sport & Lifestyle Expo at the BMO Vancouver Marathon April 29th & 30th, 2022. The Health, Sports & Lifestyle Expo is a two-day extravaganza of excitement and celebration that kicks off BMO Vancouver Marathon weekend in [...]
Rowing Adds Diversity to Running
As social isolation continues, Whitehall Spirit® boat owners and Oar Board® Rower owners are loving that they can continue to keep fit while social distancing. And why not? They have access to the best recreational outdoor rowing equipment available. As it turns out, many of these folks are also runners who are finding rowing to [...]
Crabbing in a Whitehall Spirit® Tango 17′ Rowboat
What a day!! My son Carter, and friend Diana Lesieur, and I booked and reserved a Whitehall Spirit® Tango 17 from the Whitehall Spirit® Rowing Club of Victoria docks in Oak Bay (whrclub.com), near Victoria, British Columbia. We launched the Whitehall rowboat, rowed out a ways from the dock, and then sent down a couple [...]
Feeling Free in Fresh Air While Staying Fit Rowing
This article was written long before the term “Coronavirus” was a household word. Currently, we are getting reports from Whitehall Spirit® and Oar Board® owners around the world. They are expressing their appreciation for being able to get much-needed exercise to boost their immune systems while also exercising physical distancing rowing their boats or Oar [...]
Row Yourself Younger – The Ideal Exercise For Anyone Over Forty
Row Yourself Younger - The Ideal Exercise For Anyone Over Forty “There is no better exercise in the world than rowing a single scull or a Whitehall… it exercises your whole body while it immerses you in a rhythm and takes you to places that are good for your soul.”Chris Crowley, [...]
What is the Best Rowboat for Exercise and Fitness
This is a question we are asked often at boat shows and on social media. People are becoming more aware of the benefits of exercise and want to be active while they are outdoors. They already know that rowing is good exercise, but what they want to know is what kind of rowboat is the [...]
8 Ways Less is More With Outdoor Adventure Rowing
Rowing is one of the best health and fitness activities in existence. It’s a total body workout that is gentle and effective. Whitehall Spirit® all water rowing / sculling boats are safe and easily handle wind and waves. You can even get them with sails, which adds yet another dimension to being out on the [...]
Who Buys a Whitehall Rowboat?
A good question, with many answers. Whitehall Rowing and Sail sell our all-water rowboats to a variety of people that I’ve loosely categorized as the following. Some overlap categories, while others defy categorization: “I Used to Crew in College” At boat shows we get this a LOT! People in their 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s... all [...]
Five Reasons Why Triathletes Need to Row
Who would benefit from rowing? I guess the better question is who wouldn’t? The whole-body, low-impact strength & cardio aspects of rowing are well documented and can be beneficial to the aging boomers or “zoomers” as well as elite athletes who are trying to take some of the impact (and monotony) out of their training [...]