Going head-to-head with the best

Rock the Boat was the dream of South African Olympic Rowing gold medalists James Thompson and Matthew Brittain.

Rock the Boat is a regatta that throws out all of the rules and aims to get as many people as possible involved in the sport.

This regatta offers rowers the opportunity to test their skills against Olympian or World Champion medalists.

It also gives average rowers a fair chance of earning bragging rights that they have competed against the likes of John Smith, an Olympic and World Championship gold medallist, Kirsten McCann and Ursula Grobler, bronze medallists at last year’s World Championships.

They, along with other rowers who have qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio, were in action at Rock the Boat.