Coastal sculling is river rowing’s wilder cousin and comes with two main racing formats:
Endurance and Beach Sprints.
Endurance races take place over 4km for heats and 6km courses for finals and either start
and/or finish off a beach or out at sea. This is the race for you if you’re wanting to challenge
yourself over longer distances.

Beach Sprint races are much faster taking place straight off a beach. Rowers start by
running 10-50m to their boat from a starting point on the beach before jumping in their boat
and slaloming out 250m, spinning and sprinting the boat back before finally dismounting on
the beach and running to the finish. Beach sprints are officially included in the LA 2028
Olympic Cycle so now is a perfect time to get involved!
Both Endurance and Beach Sprints are recognised rowing classes within World Rowing and
are featured in the World Rowing Championships.