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Nordic Rowing: Our Unforgettable Adventure in Sweden’s Stockholm Archipelago
The Stockholm Archipelago, with its labyrinthine waterways and picturesque islets, proved to be the ideal canvas for our first ever trip in Scandinavia with our Sweden rowing adventure in June 2023. As we dipped our oars into the crystal-clear waters, we embarked on an adventure that blended the wilderness exploration with city outings, all in…
Best Rowing Dogs Part III
If you follow us on Instagram or Facebook you know that we have a soft spot for all sorts of rowing pups. Boathouse dogs, regatta dogs, support boat dogs – we love them all. We share them on social media almost every Friday, and even created two blogposts featuring the ones that stole our hearts…
2022 in Review: Guest Favourites
Looking back on the past year and reminiscing about travel is always fun. Especially with a mug of hot chocolate or a nice glass of wine in hand. Looking back to 2022 in review, we were thrilled to run many rowing trips in Canada and Europe. Of course, there were ongoing challenges but we were…
Best Rowing Dogs Part II
We love dogs! And rowing dogs in particular. Here are a few more of our team’s favourites from Instagram.
What Our Customers Say – Testimonials 2019
We listen very carefully to what our customers say. Before, during and after a tour. In the planning stages of a rowing trip, we get some fabulous ideas from rowers. During a trip, we can often do some fine-tuning and make adjustments if needed. Even though we usually have a very good idea how things…
Rowers Get Into Seasonal Celebrations
So, this is Christmas, and what have we done; another year over and a new one just begun. Rowers love seasonal celebrations, whether through parades, humour or songs. Finding connections between seasonal celebrations, such as Christmas, for example, and rowing, revealed activities that may surprise you. They certainly surprised us. Rowing The World has a…
Rowing Your World – Meet Viv Jackson, Rowing Guide
Ruth Marr, President of Rowing The World, first met Viv at a British Rowing Tour in Gloucestershire in 2014. Ruth was the only Canadian and gratefully filled a seat in a Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club (WLARC) boat. Over one of the shared dinners, Ruth and Viv discovered they shared a passion for rowing travel…
Rowing Your World: Ladies of York
To continue with our series of getting to know rowers who row with us, we’d like to introduce the Ladies of York! On a Rowing The World trip on the Lot River, a group of women who have been rowing together for years joined us. They all learned to row as adults through York City…
Rowing Your World – Meet Kathy Berezin
In a new series we are calling Rowing Your World, we will introduce you to some of the clients who join us on our trips. In this post, meet Kathy Berezin, who blends her love of rowing and love of travel regularly. We not only think Kathy is special for that reason—BUT also because her…
All Non-Rowers Welcome!
Non-rowers are very welcome on trips with Rowing The World. Sometimes even in the boat, especially if you are as small and as cute as Jackina, our mascot in Italy. Occasionally non-rowing people are in the rowing shells too, perhaps as a cox, or maybe as a passenger. On our Belize Oar Board trip, Julia,…
