Westcoast 11.6 – Lifeguard Patrol Boat
Westcoast 11.6 – Lifeguard Patrol Boat In the 1990s, designer Harold Aune was asked to help design and produce a rowboat specifically for use as a lifeguard patrol boat that is easily handled by [...]
Whitehall Case Study: Westcoast Lifeguard Patrol Boat – City of Vancouver, BC Lifeguards
In 2000, when the City of Vancouver embarked on replacing inventory in their fleet of wooden lifeguard patrol boats, they contacted Whitehall Rowing & Sail in Victoria, BC. Whitehall was asked if one of their models could be adapted and customized for use as a replacement for Vancouver’s aging wooden lap strake (clinker style) fleet. [...]
The Rowing Crew at Whitehall Rowing & Sail – By Harold Aune
Whitehall Rowing & Sail is a very unique company because many of us who work here really enjoy getting out on the water in the products we build and sell. Production Manager Colin Rolls spent his summer holidays off with his family on Cortez Island along with a couple of our inflatable SUPs and Oar [...]
The Benefits of Outdoor Exercise
The physical benefits of exercise are well documented (like seriously well documented!), of course living your life in the gym is less than ideal, which is why we are all for outdoor workouts. And if that workout is on the water, then all the better! Tango 17® Click for more info! Rowing is [...]
Rowing to Beat Cancer
We are so lucky at Whitehall Rowing & Sail to be part of such an amazing community of rowers. Not only are people finding our boats and boards a great way to keep in shape and get some recreational time on the water, some are using them in an effort to help make the world [...]