Brianna Hickson on a handmade Whitehall rowing boat, a kind used for ferrying goods across the rivers and to and from sailing ships in the New York Harbor at the turn of the last century.
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Program Assistant Daniel Martinez Patiño, 22, prepares equipment for a class.
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Students take “Knowledge,” a Whitehall rowing boat, out on the Bronx River on Aug. 22.
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Program Assistant Victoria Swedin gets summer campers ready to row.
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Arnold Okyere, 11, learns to fish with a weir, top photo.
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Arnold Okyere and Julio Phipps, 11, carry their boat and equipment to and from the water.
Rocking the Boat offers kids from disadvantaged backgrounds the opportunity to gain life skills as they learn boat-building and knowledge of the water. Next Saturday is the last chance this summer to take a row with them on the Bronx River. Visit www.rockingtheboat.org for more information. See more photos at riverdalepress.com