The club's first home was Salters Boathouse which was a part of Feathers Pub on the Wandle which flows into the Tideway just west of Wandsworth Bridge.

[1] From that date onwards Vesta had increasing success on the water, not the least of which included Harry Blackstaffe’s double victory in the Diamond Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta, the Wingfield Sculls on the Thames in 1906 and Olympic Gold medal in the 1908 London Olympics.

The club practically ceased functioning during the Great War of 1914–18 only being kept alive through the activities of some of its older members and those on leave from the front who occasionally rowed.

That summer Eric Wingate and David Baddeley went on to win the Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup for the club at Henley Regatta.

During the Second World War the London Fire Brigade requisitioned Vesta’s clubhouse for the duration of the hostilities.

A coxless IV made up of rowers from this crew won a silver medal in that year's national championships.

The squad continued with their domestic success winning the Intermediate Club VIIIs at Henley Women's Regatta in 2011 and again in 2012.

In 2009 the senior men's coxed IV reached the finals of the Britannia Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta.