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About the Boathouse
The Georgetown boathouse facility will provide training and boat storage space for Georgetown University's rowing program and enable the program to successfully compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rowing events. Georgetown's crew teams currently row out of Thompson Boat Center, where the University rents boat storage space and space for exercise machines. Georgetown also stores crew shells in two outside fenced compounds at Thompson as well as at other off-site locations.
Construction of the boathouse will allow Georgetown University's rowing program to move its boats and training equipment out of Thompson Boat Center, which currently is severely overcrowded and includes several outdoor storage compounds. The proposed boathouse would also provide new and modernized training facilities for Georgetown University men and women participating in the University's crew program in a single facility.
The boathouse facility is being proposed to accommodate the immediate and long-term needs of the mens and womens teams. The building design consists of a minimum of five bays for boat storage (to store 40 eight-oared shells for the eight teams); an exercise area with ergometers, a rowing tank, and locker rooms adjacent to the boat storage area; and support space including crew coaches offices, a boat repair shop and restrooms.
Current Constraints
Georgetown's crew currently rows out of Thompson Boat Center, where the University rents boat storage space and space for exercise machines. A number of other colleges and high schools row out of Thompson, including George Washington University and Trinity College, as well as the following public and private secondary schools: Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Bishop OConnell, Holton Arms, Georgetown Day School, Georgetown Visitation, McLean High School, National Cathedral School, Saint Albans, Sidwell Friends, Walt Whitman, Wilson and Yorktown. Training equipment is limited at Thompson due to space constraints and other schools and private citizens using the facility.
Existing athletic facilities and training equipment at Georgetown are limited due to competing needs of other University sports programs. Specialized equipment for indoor rowing training, as used for other similar collegiate rowing programs, is not available due to lack of athletic facility space elsewhere on campus.
Learn more about the boathouse, its background, and the historical timeline.
