<p>Another way to try rowing is to attend a summer camp. My daughter rowed in HS and went to a camp at Rutgers. There were kids there without rowing experience.</p>
<p>I skimmed this thread quickly, but one of the bad things about college crew is that they often practice in the wee hours of the morning. At the Rutgers camp, one of the amusing stories was that the rowers would catch a ride on the “drunk” buses down to the boathouse because the buses ran most of the night.</p>