ROCKETTS LANDING SPRINTS 2013
COMPETITORS
REGISTRATION
Please follow the below link to participate in this year's event.
https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/index.jsp?job_id=2658&org_id=0
DIRECTIONS/PARKING
The physical address for the Virginia Boat Club Boathouse is 4708 Old Main Street, Richmond, VA 23231 and the club occupies the lower two levels below the Boathouse Restaurant in the Rocketts Landing development. VBC Members will be directing parking from 7.00am to 8.45 am. For directions to the VBC Boathouse please follow this link to the club website.
2012 FINAL RESULTS
Please follow the below link to participate in this year's event.
https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/index.jsp?job_id=2658&org_id=0
DIRECTIONS/PARKING
The physical address for the Virginia Boat Club Boathouse is 4708 Old Main Street, Richmond, VA 23231 and the club occupies the lower two levels below the Boathouse Restaurant in the Rocketts Landing development. VBC Members will be directing parking from 7.00am to 8.45 am. For directions to the VBC Boathouse please follow this link to the club website.
TRAILERS
From the West and North:
- Take I-95 South to Richmond.
- Take exit 74B Franklin Street (this is a right exit). Immediately get in the left hand lane and watch for stopped or slow traffic as there is a stoplight. Cross Franklin Street.
- Take a left on E. Main Street – Route 60 and Route 360.
- Stay on E. Main Street. You will see the Libby Hill Monument.
- Take a slight right turn to Route 5 and you will go under a train trestle.
- Continue on Route 5 (East Main Street) and follow the signs to Rocketts Landing Regatta. There will be signs for Trailer parking and VBC volunteers will be available to assist trailers park. You may be slightly re-directed based on the number trailers, but all trailer parking is within accessible distance of the dock and staging/rigging can be next to the trailers. Allocated trailer slots will be posted to the website, when final entries are known.
CAR-TOPPED SINGLES & DOUBLES
From East Main Street:
After your right hand turn onto Route 5/East Main Street (immediately after Poe's Pub) continue ½ mile past the railroad trestle. As you approach a sign for the Richmond Raft Company at the intersection of Nicholson (on left) and Water Street/Dock Street on the right (river side), take a hard right downhill onto Water/Dock Street toward Intermediate Terminal. At the base of the hill, take a LEFT into the parking lot of the Intermediate Terminal and park to the right in the parking area. You will be able to unload your shell and equipment and then please move your vehicle to the other parking area.
STAGING/RIGGING -
In the trailer park next to the Raft Co / University of Richmond Boathouse, also on the street side of the railroad tracks. Please bring your own slings and ten if you have one. The dock is immediately downstream from the staging area. Please keep the immediate area around the entrance to the dock free from tents and boats that are not actively going to or from the dock.
COMPETITORS/SPECTATORS
From Old East Main Street:
Continue on Old East Main Street past the Boathouse Restaurant/Virginia Boat Club house (in lower two levels). Follow the road as it makes a left and part in the far parking lot of Rocketts Landing development. There is also parking on a small paved area across Route 5 (East Main Street) and along Old East Main Street.
Continue on Old East Main Street past the Boathouse Restaurant/Virginia Boat Club house (in lower two levels). Follow the road as it makes a left and part in the far parking lot of Rocketts Landing development. There is also parking on a small paved area across Route 5 (East Main Street) and along Old East Main Street.
When on site Regatta Viewing is also possible East of the Boathouse, just follow the railway tracks.
TRAILER PARKING
QUESTIONS
Please contact our Regatta Director, Stephen Chilmaid, directly at chilmaids@comcast.net with any questions or for more information. To find out more about our Regatta Director please read Stephen's biography at the bottom of this page.
LOCATION
The regatta will be held at VBC's Downtown Boathouse which is located in the renovated Power Plant Building at 4708 Old Main Street, in the Rocketts Landing development.
The regatta will be held at VBC's Downtown Boathouse which is located in the renovated Power Plant Building at 4708 Old Main Street, in the Rocketts Landing development.
2012 FINAL RESULTS
REGATTA DIRECTOR BIO
Regatta Director, Stephen Chilmaid, brings a wealth of rowing experience to the role having been involved with the sport of rowing for over 40 years in various capacities. A native of England , who has resided in Richmond since 2003, he has competed for Great Britain at a number of World Championship regattas in the 1980’s in both rowing and sculling disciplines, and has competed in most major European regatta’s including Henley Royal Regatta. He is also a member of London Rowing Club and also a former board member. Since being in the US he has qualified as a US Rowing Level 2 coach, and the initial stages of US Rowing Referee training, but is still drawn to the water mainly as a competitor.
"Growing up coxing and rowing in England on primarily river courses is a good grounding for the skills needed to continue to develop Rocketts Landing Sprints Regatta into an annual premiere event, and with the help of VBC club members, supporters and sponsors we expect that the 2013 regatta will be bigger and better than ever."
"Growing up coxing and rowing in England on primarily river courses is a good grounding for the skills needed to continue to develop Rocketts Landing Sprints Regatta into an annual premiere event, and with the help of VBC club members, supporters and sponsors we expect that the 2013 regatta will be bigger and better than ever."
We welcome you to historic Richmond and hope that your visit as either a competitor, supporter or event sponsor will be an eventful and enjoyable experience.
Regatta Director, Stephen Chilmaid, at the Henley Royal Regatta in 2011
