Rowing Merit Badge
Master water safety, rowing techniques, boat handling, and rescue skills including swamped boat drills and towing swimmers to earn this merit badge.
What you'll do
- Hazards, Injuries & Safety Afloat Explain to your counselor the most likely hazards you may encounter while participating in rowing activities, including …
- Swimmer Test Readiness Before completing requirements 4, 5, 6, and 7, successfully complete the Scouting America swimmer test.
- Life Jacket Choice and Fit Review the characteristics of life jackets most appropriate for rowing and why one must always be worn while rowing.
- Choose Your Rowing Path Alone or with a passenger, do the following in either a fixed-seat or sliding-seat rowboat:
At a glance
- Requirements
- 9
- Category
- Hobbies
- Eagle Required
- No
- Updated
- March 29, 2026