What is Yorktown Crew?
The expression “Yorktown Crew” refers to all of the people on the rowing team — women, men, and coaches. Collectively, we are the Crew. To be properly used, the words “crew” and “team” should not be used together. A “rowing team” is a “crew,” but you would not refer to Yorktown Crew as a “crew team” – this would be redundant! The activity is rowing — the people who do it form a crew. Sound complicated? It’s not, once you get used to it. Here are some further examples: One can say “I row on the crew,” “I row for Yorktown,” “I am on the crew,” or “I am on the rowing team.” It would be a mistake to say “I do crew,” “I am on the crew team,” or “I do crewing.
