<p>Yeah...that is pretty short for crew</p>
<p>Is a 5 ft 2 inches 110 lb boy good for cox? Do all boats have a cox or only boats with eight rowers? Is he too small to row?</p>
<p>I can answer your second question: Deerfield rows in fours, and they have coxes, so I'm assuming all boats have coxes. :)</p>
<p>Thanks lollipopluver!</p>
<p>As long as we're on the subject, it is not unusual to find a boy coxing a girl's boat, and it is common for a girl to cox a boy's boat. This is true in college as well.</p>
<p>There is a class of rowing called "quads" (the rower has two oars like a sculler), and often this does not involve a cox, but you will not find this in NE competitive rowing which is "sweep" rowing (each oarsperson has one oar).</p>
<p>You might check into the summer rowing camp at Princeton - you could google it - that would give your kid more experience and insight! Kent has been known for crew for years...they are excellent- and rows eights. St Paul's too. They both go to Henley, etc.</p>
<p>Blair and Peddie have really good programs - and it's easier to get to them...a flight to Newark and then a short drive to Peddie and a slightly longer drive to Blair. They generally row 4s I think....</p>
<p>Gunnery has a very strong program. I've rowed for Gunnery for two years now. For more info, check the website.
<a href="http://portal.gunnery.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=278&teamID=472&Term=spring%5B/url%5D">http://portal.gunnery.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=278&teamID=472&Term=spring</a></p>
<p>There are a number of Great summer Programs: Northeast Rowing, Craftsbury, Charles River Rowing and (as mentioned) Princeton. Think the Naval Academy has one, and Georgetown used to.</p>
<p>Best Crew course is definitely St. Paul's School (man made, straight channel) and a brand new boathouse. And then there are the boats:YouTube</a> - NH Chronicle - St. Paul's Crew Nice video of Coach Morgan and prep school crew.</p>
<p>I always hated Exeter's course, but good practice for the Head of the Charles (both twist all over). Andover used to have really stinky water, but probably better now. At SPS coxes stay with their gender (by tradition). Kent School has always had a world class program too. Oh and one of my closest friends used to cox for Gunnery, so they are ok too.</p>
<p>The Salisbury course -- Lake Washinee -- is beautiful. Fairly well protected, it heads directly for the spectators at the finish, by the spectacular new boathouse. The school takes out parents from all schools out on pontoon boats to watch the races along the course. So good that Andover has elected to row at Salisbury every year...</p>
<p>I heard the NMH also was into crew. Not sure if that is true. Brooks has an indoor rowing facility.</p>
<p>I snuck down to St Andrew's to catch crew practice a couple days ago. It was beautiful to arrive in the late afternoon on a spring day and see the boats out on the course. The have 4's, 8's and sculls. While all the regular season events are at Home, the season is capped with a trip to the Stotesbury Regatta in Philadelphia.</p>
<p>Since my daughter hasn't even had one regatta, I am interested to see how this whole thing turns out for her.</p>
<p>My cousins won at the national level (I think they finished first -not positive though) and got to go to England for internationals -it's a competitive sport but not to many places offer it out of the northeast (and I'm in the South : (.)</p>