UW Women's Rowing Virtual Tour
Part 6: Windermere Cup - Inside the Boat
Windermere is an experience like no other.
- Holly Drapp
Among the many attributes of the Washington program is the annual Windermere Cup and Opening Day Regatta. Held on the first Saturday of May – the traditional "Opening Day of Boating Season" in Seattle – the regatta's featured races pit the UW men and women against international competition – primarily national teams or top university programs from around the world.
The City of Seattle has long embraced this annual event, which is free to the public. Not only are the banks of the Montlake Cut and the Montlake Bridge jammed with spectators, but pleasure boats line the race course, moored to a log boom, creating a 2,000-meter “rowing stadium.” It’s an experience you can't find anywhere else in the sport. There is no one-day rowing event any place else in the world that comes close to matching the thrill and beauty of the Windermere Cup.
