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Link to the National Weather Service, Portland, Oregon.Link to CNN for weather information.
Link to PBC's sunrise and sunset timetables, not as accurate as those found on the link below.
Link to NOAA's gorgeous local sun and moon information page -- includes sunrise and sunset times is available as a link towards the bottom of this page..
Link to Oregon State Parks Guide to the Willamette.
Other Area Rowing Clubs
Portland has several rowing clubs besides the Portland Boat Club, each adding a distinct flavor to the Portland rowing scene. Check out the RowNW site for information on the entire Northwest's rowing clubs and events.- Station L Rowing Club
- Oregon Rowing Unlimited
- Rose City Rowing
- Willamette Rowing Club
- Portland Rowing Club
- Portland Women's Rowing [Club]
- RiverPlace Rowing Center
This is a great club for adults, offers learn-to-row classes, and generally fields several masters eights at regional regattas. Open age rowers are also welcome. Now moved into the new Portland Boathouse, Station L gets crews rowing during clement weather. Website: http://stationlrowingclub.com
This might be the premier junior rowing organization in town. ORU counts among its members high school students from all over town. Its website: http://www.oregonrowing.org
Or will this be the premier junior rowing organization in town? Though new, Rose City Rowing already has many eager and good young rowers from the metropolitan area. It is located in the Portland Boathouse. Its website: http://www.rosecityrowing.org
This club can boast of some of the best competitive master crews in Portland, and rows out of Oaks Park. Check out http://willametterowing.org
This club is situated at the same spot the old Portland Rowing Club (now Portland Boat Club) was located at. It consists of competitive scullers who keep their singles and doubles at the PRC boat house. Email contact: bethanne@bigplanet.com
Like Station L and Rose city Rowing, this club is housed in the Portland Boat House. It emphasizes sweep rowing for women. Their website: http://portlandwomensrowing.org
Located at the RiverPlace marina, this is a teaching organization (focus: sculling) which can also arrange for the use of shells for out of town rowers. Check the RiverPlace Athletic Club for information: http://www.therac.com
- Vancouver Lake Crew Vancouver Lake Crew was created in January, 2002 and is located in Vancouver Washington just north of Portland. Programs include high school and adult rowing. More information can be found at http://www.vancouverlakecrew.com
- Lake Oswego Community Rowing
- Salem Rowing Club
- Corvallis Rowing Club
- Oregon Association of Rowers
Just upriver from Portland, Lake Oswego has its own rowing center with a focus on teaching. It has programs for juniors and adults, sculling and sweep -- and it has its own website, complete with contact information. Check it out at http://www.lorowing.com.
Quite a ways upriver is the Salem Rowing Club which also focuses on instruction and on recreational sculling. The Salem Rowing Club has a neat fleet of shells, including a quad. The club is quite active in the Salem rowing scene, and works with Willamette University to help put on regattas there. Here is the link..
Even further is Corvallis, Oregon, home of the CRC. This competitive club offers a great set of programs for area residents, including sweep camps, working from Oregon State's boathouse on the Willamette. Check out their web site, http://www.row.corvallis.or.us.
OAR was founded in 1986 and is located in Eugene, Oregon, about 100 miles south of Portland. OAR rows on Dexter Lake and offers both recreational and competitive sculling and sweep programs for all ages and abilities. See their web site at http://www.oarowing.org .