British Rowing Offshore Championships
The next British Rowing Offshore Championships will take place from Saturday, 16-Sunday, 17 August 2025. The venue will be confirmed shortly.
Offshore or endurance coastal sculling races usually take place over 4km for heats and 6km courses for finals, usually with a beach start and a sea finish.
Got a question? Email us | See the British Rowing Beach Sprint Championships for short-format coastal sculling races.
16-17 August 2025 >
Information (2024)
Competition Documents
- Notice of Competition for 1-2 June 2024 Competition: the Championships have now been postponed and a new Notice of Competition will be issued once details have been finalised.
Hire a coastal sculling boat
Entries are welcomed by rowers from any rowing background. There is no need to bring equipment if you don’t have it, as coastal sculling boats are available for hire from Swift Racing by emailing [email protected] with details of your name, club, contact number and boat(s) of your choice.
Volunteers
At British Rowing we rely on our amazing volunteers to make our events a success. We are always on the look out for people who want to help out – no rowing experience is required and everyone is welcome.
Please register via our Volunteer Hub:
Register to VolunteerIf you have any questions, please just email us at [email protected].
Retail Village 2024
Each of our Championship events has a retail village for boats, blades, clothing, gifts and more. If you are interested in booking a pitch, please just email James Lee for details.
Coastal Sculling 101
Want to know a little more about Coastal Sculling? Read our quick guide below!
What is coastal sculling?
Coastal Sculling is sculling’s wilder cousin. It comes in two main formats: Endurance (Offshore) and Beach Sprints.
Coastal Glossary of Terms
Did you know that in coastal rowing, ‘singles’ are called ‘solos’?
Classifications follow the same lines as river rowing classifications do. ‘C’ stands for Coastal!
| Classification | Explanation |
|---|---|
| WC 1x | Women’s Coastal Solo |
| MxC 2x | Mixed Coastal Doubles |
| OC 1x | Open Coastal Solo |
| OCMas 4x+ | Open Coastal Masters Coxed Quad Sculls |
- Classification:
- WC 1x
- Explanation:
- Women’s Coastal Solo
- Classification:
- MxC 2x
- Explanation:
- Mixed Coastal Doubles
- Classification:
- OC 1x
- Explanation:
- Open Coastal Solo
- Classification:
- OCMas 4x+
- Explanation:
- Open Coastal Masters Coxed Quad Sculls
Coastal Sculling Award
The coastal sculling award is aimed at coaches and event organisers from all types of rowing, who wish to learn how to prepare rowers to race in beach sprint and endurance competitions domestically and internationally using the World Rowing and British Rowing rules.
Learning Outcomes:
The award is designed for rowing coaches and event organisers and aims to provide both with the following:
- Confidence and competence to coach rowing on coastal waters (<1.5km offshore) and on and off swimming beaches
- Knowledge to run safe offshore/endurance and beach sprint training sessions and empower their rowers to operate safely on coastal waters (<1.5km offshore)
- The tactical and technical understanding of beach sprint format to prepare and support rowers and boat handlers to race
Want to give Coastal Sculling a go in your own time? Find out which clubs and organisations give you the chance to come and give Coastal Sculling a go.
