2010 TSS ROWING HANDBOOK - The Southport School

2.0 CARE OF EQUIPMENT
Please be careful with all equipment. Make sure you treat it with respect.
Please follow these basic few rules regarding the care of equipment:
o All boats must be washed after every row
o Oar handles are regularly disinfected
o Saturday is Boat Wash Day – every Saturday the boats and oars must be washed
thoroughly with detergent, inside and out
2.1 EQUIPMENT HANDLING
Once the hands are on the boat, there must be silence to ensure every crew member can hear
the calls of the stroke. The stroke is the only crew member that can talk during the time of the
hands on the boat until the boat is lowered onto the water. Once on the water, the coxswain
is in control.
When lifting the boat from the rack:
o Never drag the boat on the rack to the end of the rack.
1. Firstly slide the sliding rack to the end of the fixed rack.
2. Then on the call, gently lift the boat off the rack only by 1‐2 centimeters to
ensure that the hull does not hit the pins of the boat above.
3. Once the outside gunwale is far enough out, that side of the boat can then be
lowered slightly until the whole boat is clear from the boat racks.
4. Also be careful the riggers or pins on your boat do not come in contact with the
boat below yours.
5. Keep moving out in the middle of the bay and it is up to stroke whether he will
call the boat to be carried on the shoulder or at waist level.
6. When carrying the boat out of the shed, it is up to the whole crew to ensure
that your boat and riggers are clear of all objects including other boats and
riggers, door ways and other people. THE COXSWAIN IS TO WALK AT THE REAR
OF THE BOAT TO ENSURE NOTHING IS HIT.
7. All boats are to be placed upright on trestles for a check‐over prior to getting on
the water. Foot‐stretcher adjustments need to be made at this time.
When carrying the boat back inside the shed after it has been washed, the reverse of points
1‐6 will be followed.
If you are carrying a single scull by yourself (opens & Y11’s only), practically the same
method is done with the primary objective being that of not hitting any other boats or
equipment around you, particularly the boats on the rack above and below yours.
ANY MISHANDLING OF EQUIPMENT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
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