Boats

Our fleet

Due to the width of the river the Club does not row in eights. Instead it uses fours, pairs and quadruple, double and single sculling boats. The fours and quadruple sculls are all coxed boats.

For a brief guide to different rowing boats, click here.

Swift

Durovernum Cantiacorum Secundus.

More commonly known as 'DC2'.

BGJ.

Big Gay Jay was named a few years ago following a club raffle to rename the boat. One brave soul stumped up £200 to name the boat BGJ, and in doing so, has etched themselves into Kent Rowing history. Another coxed four, this boat has seen success most recently after being rowed to victory at the Star Regatta.

Palamon.

Another coxed four, no one quite knows where the name Palamon came from. Rumours are it's named after the main character in The Knights Tale from Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales.'

The Dart

Greenman

The bowloader is a favourite and muched loved boat in the club. Almost everyone has had a go in the Greenman, and despite her hefty weight, she always gives her crews a good ride.

Fourplay.

Most men don't like this coxed four.

Rob and Chris Price.

This lightweight coxed four is generally considered the best boat in the club. Currently, the boat is being borrowed from Kent College.

Carbocraft.

Owned by Spitfire, Carbocraft is only used when absolutley neccessery.

Eliot, Rutherford, Darwin and Keynes.

Our four college boats may not be the fastest boats in our fleet, but everyone in the club started off their Kent Rowing careers in these boats. Keynes and Rutherford are both Coxed Fours, whilst Darwin and Eliot at both Coxed Quads.

Don't Panic.

Can be rigged as either a pair or a double, this boat is normally used as back up when there have been difficulties in putting the two people into a crew of four. The pair has most recently been used by Steve Cooper and Miles Halahan, who made it a habit of almost winning, but always just missing out. Before them, Sarah Marshall and Amy Hills had a bit more success winning as a double at Medway in 2008.

Boadicea.

Like Don't Panic, Boadicea can be rigged as both a double and a pair. It hasn't been used a racing boat for a few years. Unfortunately there aren't many photos of Boadicea.

All-in-one, Big Guns, Do Panic and MDK.

Also known as A1, A2, A3 and A4, our fleet of racing single sculls are regularly used by the club, and occasionally used for races. Sometimes referred to as 'The White Boats'.

Charles Roberts, Ernest, John Maynard and Thomas Stearns.

Also known as 'The Brown Boats,' Most Kent Rowers will lose their capsizion virginity on the Stour in one of these boats. Everyone's first exploit in the single sculls will be in the Brown Boats, which all lack fins, explaining their high capsizion rate.