History

Boats out of Berlin

The club began with a group of Jewish-German rowers from the IVRIA club in Berlin, who left Nazi Germany and brought their boats with them to the Yarkon.

1935

The club is founded

Jewish-German rowers from the IVRIA club in Berlin, escaping Nazi Germany, bring their boats to the Yarkon and start rowing. Among the founders is Prof. Victor Gottheiner.

1937

The boathouse opens

The official opening ceremony is held on the southern bank of the river. It is the first rowing club established in Tel Aviv.

1984

Registered as an association

The club becomes a registered non-profit association, run by its members, with membership dues as its main source of funding.

2020

Around eighty members

The club counts roughly eighty members and a fleet that has grown to 64 boats, from single sculls up to eights.

2025

Ninety years on the river

The anniversary is marked with an outdoor exhibition of rare Yarkon photographs, guided tours of the boathouse, a short film and a Music, Boats and Wine evening on the terrace, as part of the Yarkon Path festival.