No club boats may be rowed
before the docks go in. This is also recommended for private boat
owners.
1.
Cold Water Rule: If the
water temperature is less than 10C, a safety boat (coach boat) must be
on the
water for club boats to be on the water. This is also recommended for
private
boats.
2. Buddy System:
Inexperienced rowers, i.e. LTR
graduates, etc. using club boats must go out in twos. This could be two
people
in a club double or two people in Kingfishers/club singles. Youth must
be
accompanied by an adult in another Kingfisher/club single or a coach in
the
safety boat. This rule is not just for
safety, but to also facilitate carrying boats to and from the dock. This is also recommended for private boats.
3. Water Levels:
If the club
dock is floating and your feet will get wet by carrying a club boat
onto the
dock, do not row without a safety boat on the water.
4. Humidex Levels: Common sense
prevails when the humidex is high (greater than 32C). Things to
consider are:
* row earlier in the day
* work on technique
instead of endurance
* akes frequent rest and
water breaks
* make sure there is a
full water bottle in the boat!
If the humidex is extremely high,
your coach may decide to run a land-based workout.
5. Rowers bowing a boat must wear a
light coloured shirt to ensure visibility by other rowers/boaters on
the water. A fluorescent cycling vest or cross-guard vest is an option
for early morning or late evening rowers.
6. No rower will
be on the
water more than 30 minutes before sunrise or 30 minutes after sunset.
7. A life jacket
must be in
the shell at all times unless there is a safety boat on the water
containing
the life jacket for your boat. This is an RCA rule.
8. All boats
must have a
sound device (whistle). This is an RCA rule.
9.
Club boats must be signed
out using the website.
10. No rower
with
less than 6 months experience
may pass the railway bridge (trestle) without the permission of
theCaptain or Head
Coach.
11. The flow of boat
traffic at all times will be counterclockwise, with
downstream rowers on the boathouse side of the river. This
traffic
pattern must be followed at all times. If collisions occur, the
rower not
on the proper side of the river is at fault.
12. Recreational
rowers will yield to competitive rowers that are overtaking
them. The recreational rower will move out of the way to the
shore side
(starboard) of the traffic pattern. The competitive rower will
pass on
the mid river (port) side of the recreational rower.
13. All club boats are
the
responsibility of the rower who is using the club boat. All
damage to club boats must be recorded in
the repair log
book , in order to keep all boats in safe, proper working order.
14. All rowers have
the right to a safe
and enjoyable rowing experience.
1. When there is a LTR or camp
occurring, the coach for that session
has the use of the boathouse and docks. Please ensure our LTR members
have an enjoyable experience by:
* being polite
* waiting until the class is off the dock before using the dock yourself
* knowing that the coach may be using all club boats and safety boat
during these times
2. Sign-out club boats using the website. If you will not row at your
sign-out time, delete your sign-up entry on the website.
3. There is a
“10 minute”
rule. If you sign-out a club boat and are more than 10 minutes late,
someone
else could sign out the boat you wanted to use.
4. Sign-in and
sign-out on
the white boards. Board will be on the doors leading into each bay.
*5. Carry blades
no more
than four (2 pairs) at a time, with
spoons in front of you.
6.
Please do not put
stretchers in front of the bay doors.
7. Before you go out on the
water, close the
bay doors for the bay from
which you took your boat.
8.
Close your oarlocks after
your row.
9.
Wash the club boats after
use and clean the slides.
10.
If someone from the
other bay is out on the water, leave the stretchers out for them and do
not
lock their bay door.
11. Check
all four
garage doors are locked and the man door to the club bay is locked if
you are
the last to leave. Also turn out all the lights except the one over the
message
board by the front door.
The Cambridge Rowing Club owns a variety of club boats. These vary in
their robustness, their quality, and in their purpose. Boats are easy
to damage.
Proper handling and care of club equipment is expected. It takes time
to master rowing so that more delicate equipment can only be used by
more careful, skilled and experienced scullers. In keeping all this in
mind, the boat allocation and use procedures of the Cambridge Rowing
Club are:
1. Learn-to-Row graduates in their first season are restricted to use
of Kingfishers, Aldens and the LTR doubles EXCEPT IN
EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES. We encourage Learn-to-Row graduates to
return for a second season, start in the Kingfisher and
ask to be assessed by the Captain or the Coach after a few weeks.
Learn-to-Row graduates are welcome on club-sanctioned crew
sculling nights.
2. Beginning in the 2005 rowing season, a Learn-to-Row graduate is
asked to log their sculling kilometers after graduation from Learn-to-
Row. A Learn-to-Row graduate may ask for an assessment on a club single
only after logging 400 solo kilometers (40 outings).
3. ALL club-boats will have names of people posted by the boat. ONLY
people whose names are on these lists are allowed to row in that
boat. The Captain and Coach maintain these lists. You may ask to have
your name on one club single and on various club crew boats.
A name designated as a “bow” rower on a crew boat may take out that
boat with any club member(s).
4. When a member wishes to have their name added to the list of members
allowed to row a specific boat, they must be assessed by
either the Captain or the Coach. After that assessment and after the
name has been added to the list, then the member may use that
boat, NOT BEFORE.
5. Using and respecting the sign-up sheets greatly aids in the
effective sharing of boats. Never double-book two different boats for
the same
time slot. Do not book a boat at the same time each day for a week at a
time. Members are expected to work together with courtesy and
respect for one another in sharing club boats of all types.
6. Members who wish to row club boats in regattas MUST request this
privilege from the Captain or the Coach at least TWO WEEKS before
the regatta. The members are responsible for safe transportation and
handling of the boat and for return of the boat, all parts and oars.
The Captain or Coach must approve transportation arrangements. Boats
are to be re-rigged for rowing on the day they are returned to
the boathouse to make them available to others.
7. Any damage incurred in your use of a boat must be reported
immediately by (1) logging the damage in the log book AND
(2) contacting the Captain by telephone or email. In a crew boat,
damage reporting is the responsibility of the “bow” rower.
8. If a member feels that the Captain or the Coach are allocating boats
in an unfair or unreasonable way, then the member should bring the
problem to the President or, if he/she is not available, to a member of
the Executive. There will be an effort to mediate the dispute. The
Executive may also have to make a decision to settle the dispute. The
mediation process may take some time and the member is not to
move boats until the process is complete.
The consequences of violating club boat allocation procedures:
1. You may have your rowing privileges suspended for a one week period
2. Any repeat violation of unauthorized boat use or rowing while
suspended may result in the offending member being asked to leave the
club. This consequence will be implemented only after consultation with
the Executive. A member asked to leave the club will have their fees
returned in proportion to the time remaining in the club insurance year
(April 1-November 30) less the locksmith charge to change the code on
the door.
Consequence (1) may be implemented by the Captain or Coach without
consultation with the Executive. Consequence (2) may be only
implemented by
the Executive.
