"No recreation, no method of exercise, no out-door or in-door  sport, offers less temptations and more advantages than rowing.  In truth, excellence as an oarsman is wholly inconsistent with dissipation or excess of any nature. Regular habits, constant exercise, open-air life, and plain food, are essential to every man who aspires to endurance, skill, and rowing fame. There is no more certain way of fitting the mind and heart for vigorous labor and the reception of careful culture than by putting the body in perfect condition. Let this work of physical culture go on until every American shall deem it as important to educate the body as to train and improve the mind."
Charles Peverelly, "The Book of American Pastimes," 2nd ed., 1868

Welcome to MRA, and to rowing in the Pine Tree State of Maine. MRA is  not a club in the sense of having a clubhouse or a given body of water on which we generally row. Rather, we are a group who enjoy the sport of rowing and who want to make available to ourselves and visitors the best in competition and camaraderie.

The MRA sponsors a series of regattas around the state, from spring through fall. The sites include a variety of lakes, rivers, and salt water. The events are open to all sorts of rowed boats, both sliding and fixed seat. Click on MRA Regatta Schedule to see this year's list of events. You must be a member of MRA to participate. Because there are so many seasonal visitors to Maine, we provide a one-week membership option. See Join MRA for information.

11 April 2005