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“Easy oar”, “let it run”, “bow pair” and the slightly alarming “I caught a crab”. 🦀 To rowers, it all makes perfect sense. To everyone else, we may as well be speaking another language. Our latest blog translates some of the strange things you’ll hear around GCMR and what rowers really mean when they say them.

We check the wind before our messages, secretly celebrate the occasional cancelled row, blame the boat and have definitely raced another crew who had no idea they were racing. 😂 It’s time to come clean. Confessions of a Masters Rower reveals the habits, excuses and little secrets that every rower will recognise… even if they won’t admit to them.

What happens when a rower is told they can’t row? First comes optimism, then FOMO, followed closely by some creative interpretation of the doctor’s orders! With a few GCMR members currently sidelined by injuries and operations – just as a shiny new boat arrives at the club – we take a lighthearted look at life on the wrong side of the lake.

The Gold Coast Master Rowers (GCMR) have a rich history marked by resilience, camaraderie, and success. This story begins in 1994 with a small group of passionate rowers and spans decades of triumphs and challenges, showcasing the evolution of a club that has become a beacon for rowers on the Gold Coast.