Safety

Mar 7, 20232 min read

Basic Rowing Commands

Sculling Coxswain's JOB DESCRIPTION To keep everyone safe. To protect the boats (especially wooden boats). To be aware of ferries (know...

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May 12, 20152 min read

Lifesaving Lessons

A message from Steve Jeffries Greetings from your new Safety Officer. The following information is suggested only for all rowers and...

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Apr 17, 20151 min read

Boat Flips and Bellyflops

Today was the Flip Test Challenge – Baptism by salt water for 11 brave Rats who preferred being wet and cold Rats over being drowned...

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Jan 4, 20152 min read

Swamped!

The possibility of swamping a shell, especially a four or an eight, in cold rough water is about the most dangerous thing about rowing in...

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Aug 16, 20141 min read

Flip Test Sunday Aug. 17

by Janet Palmer After Jim and Sandy’s adventure this week, there’s lots of chatter about what happens when a rower and/or a boat roll...

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Jul 9, 20141 min read

First Aid Supplies and Health Tips

by Kathleen Sailer – It is not uncommon for rowers to incur hand blisters, cuts, abrasions, and occasionally puncture wounds. Carrying...

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Apr 14, 20142 min read

Man Overboard

Janet Palmer’s Safety Class last Saturday included some very good tips about what to do if a boat flips/swamps/ or otherwise commits its...

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Mar 4, 20144 min read

Quad Flip-Lessons Learned

Marsha Wiener and Janet Palmer – Event Summary (Marsha) One Sunday morning several years ago, with ideal water conditions prevailing,...

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