South Ender

South End Rowing Club members or South Enders from the 1930s

Aquatic Park, located in front of the South End Rowing Club

Member of the South End Rowing Club in San Francisco Bay, photo by Dan Kutler

noun - South Enders are members of the [[South End Rowing Club (SERC), an athletic club founded in 1873 in San Francisco, California United States.

Location

South Enders gather at the [{SERC]] boathouse at 500 Jefferson Street near Fisherman's Wharf, adjacent to the San Francisco Aquatic Park. The club supports participation in rowing, open water swimming, handball, and running. It is open to the public from 10 am to 6 pm (for a US$6.50 fee) on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Boats may be used by members only. The South End Rowing Club is the oldest athletic club west of the Mississippi and one of San Francisco’s five longest-running institutions. Many of the members of the South End Rowing Club are renowned and extraordinarily hardy open water swimmers who have successfully crossed channels around the world and been victorious in numerous open water swims in lakes, rivers, oceans, seas and bays worldwide.

External Links

• South End Rowing Club
• South End Rowing Club Facebook page
• San Francisco Bay And Aquatic Park Are Hard To Beat
• Marathon Swimming
• Open Water Swimming
• The Octad Of Open Water - Prison Island Swims
• Competing In The Hallowed Waterways Of La Jolla
• Raine Pearce Does 3 In Group 3
• A Quarter Century Later, Bob Placak vs. Trent Grimsey
• Heroines Of The Bay, Part 1
• Heroes Of The Bay, Part 1
• Heroines Of The Bay, Part 2
• Heroes Of The Bay, Part 2
• Blue Skins Swimming, Sylvia
• Wearing A Blue Suit To The Office
• Strength And Stamina From Swimming, Part 2
• Vigor And Vitality From Open Water Swimming
• Strength And Stamina From Swimming, Part 1
• Historic Aquatic Park May Be Lost To Commercial Interests
• Aquatic Park Update
• The Look Of The Open Water
• Jeff Everett Wondering What Comes Next