"Products and Trips by Rowers for Rowers"
Owner:
Karen Simmons
Kathy L'Hommedieu and Karen Simmons started Rowgue LLC in 2007, in Kathy’s living room. After a successful year and a half, they moved headquarters to their new location in Woodbury CT.
We started the company with one goal in mind: we wanted technical durable products for ourselves, and believed others would too. We are tough to please: products are tested in real racing and transport conditions, and must be durable, practical and convenient. Many of our customers are our friends and co-competitors and we develop new products and lasting relationships by listening to you, our customers.
In the same spirit, we organized our first rowing camp (Rowgue international rowing camps) in France in 2009, and from that beginning have grown into organizing rowing and racing trips in various European venues.
Karen Simmons was an architect before she got the rowing bug 13 years ago. Her design background drives the development of our innovative Rowgue product lines. Her deprived childhood in European capitals is a big asset to our international business. She also rows a red boat.
By the way, Kathy and Karen are both competitive masters rowers who can still frequently be found together rowing their double , appropriately named Rowgue. It is a white and red boat.