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Craftsbury Small Boat Training Center

Posted: October 30th, 2009, 9:13 am
by bloomp
I was curious as to what y'all had heard about craftsbury in general (it is owned by Concept2 now). Or more specifically the SBTC. I was hoping to spend 4-6 weeks out there next summer.

Lemme know

Paul

Re: Craftsbury Small Boat Training Center

Posted: October 31st, 2009, 5:33 am
by NavigationHazard
bloomp wrote:I was curious as to what y'all had heard about craftsbury in general (it is owned by Concept2 now). Or more specifically the SBTC. I was hoping to spend 4-6 weeks out there next summer.

Lemme know

Paul
Row eat talk rowing nap. Row eat talk rowing nap. Row eat talk rowing sleep. That's a Craftsbury day for a camper. In similar fashion, the SBTC interns train twice a day and work with campers to help offset expenses.

Hosmer Pond is a lovely place to row, IMO the food at Craftsbury OC is wonderful, and the coaching both abundant and as good as you let it be for you. Larry Gluckman is a very, very good coach and his results over the years speak for themselves. Personally I think it'd be a great place to put in some hardcore training. About the only drawback would be that the nightlife/social scene/cultural opportunity in upper-middle VT is not exactly hopping....

Posted: November 2nd, 2009, 8:46 pm
by sledgehammer
Great place! Been 4 or 5 times for the 1 week sculling camp in June & July. Nav described it well although I'm usually so tired that night life is irrelevant.

Not actually owned by Concept2. I believe it was sold to a newly formed non-profit organization formed by the founders of C2. One of the brothers has a house on the same lake. They plan to run it as an outdoor exercise center. Rowing in the summer, Cross country skiing in the winter.

See: http://www.craftsbury.com/general/about ... 081123.htm

Posted: November 13th, 2009, 11:40 pm
by coggs
Been there. Done that. Sure hope to do it again!

Had a great time. Met a lot of nice people. Ate a lot of good food. Learned how to go faster. Slept real well at night!

Book a session. You will be glad you did.