A women's novice 8+ getting ready to launch for practice. Since docks have limited space, sometimes boats have to wait in line to get their turn to launch.

Women's novice 8+ on the dock with a boat "up and over heads." From here the boat is rolled down slowly and gently placed in the water.

This picture is of a women's varsity 8+ docking at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL. At the end of practice the boat must be carried back to where it is stored.

A coxswain in a boat. The coxswain gives commands and steers the boat, but does not actually row. Coxswains tend to be smaller and may be either male or female.

A men's varsity 8+ practicing. This is a picture taken from behind the crew from the coaches perspective. The coach is in a boat that he/she uses to follow the crews on the water and critique them.

Another view of the men's varsity 8+ practicing. If you look at the very left side, you can see the coxswain facing the rowers. In some boats, the coxswain sits in the rear of the boat and faces the rowers, and in others he or she lies down in the very front of the boat.

Another view of a boat practicing. This one is of a women's novice 4+.

This is a picture of a few rowers standing around Georgia's trailer at the Dad Vail regatta in Philadelphia. For each race we have to trailer our own equipment to the race venue. even though boats are used multiple times, we may have to bring up to 15 boats to a single regatta.

In the spring, races are done in a format that resembles a sprint race at a track meet. There are usually 6 lanes, all of them fully buoyed for the full 2000 meters of the course. In this picture, our women's varsity lightweight 4+ is in the furthest lane getting ready to start.