The basic commitment to be a member of our team and to compete in Regional races is training from May through October, 2 to 4 days per week, with about 1 weekend race per month. A racing and training schedule for those competing at higher levels and striving for greater goals is recommended by the coach and organized with parents and the athlete.

Races of longer distances, from 2 to 10km are held in the spring and fall, and are conducted on a circular course. Sprint races, competed over distances of 200, 500 and 1000 meters are held on straight courses, often in lanes. The order that athletes place is determined solely by the order the bow of their boats cross the finish line. Times are usually taken and are great ways to measure improvement form race to race and year to year.

Regionally, we usually race in nine regattas each year from March through November, in Washington and British Columbia. Those competing Nationally also enter the US National Championships, usually held in late July or early August, at locations that rotate around the US. Team members with international goals also race in US Team Trials in the Spring, and if they qualify for the US Team, compete in international regattas with other countries at locations throughout the world. Training is structured to support the racing level and goals chosen by each participant.