2010 TSS ROWING HANDBOOK - The Southport School

When placing the boat in the water
Getting off the water
1. When the crew is at the waters edge and in shin deep water the call “Ready to lift
above heads……Ready……LIFT!” is made and the boat is lifted above heads and then
place slowly and gently in the water with the command “LOWER!”
2. Then determine who gets the blades and who holds the boat by saying “Bow and
three get the blades while two and stroke holds the boat.”
3. Once all blades are in and every crew member is ready to leave the shore, “One foot
in……and……PUSH!” at this time all are pushing off evenly away from the shore.
Make sure you (the cox) are in the boat first.
1. Once half the crew have taken the oars up while the other half have held the boat,
before you lift the boat above heads, determine who will go through the other side.
Then make the call “Ready to lift above heads……Ready……LIFT!”
2. Once the boat is above heads, the rowers that are going through the other side do
so and the boat then automatically comes down slowly to rest on the shoulders.
3. Once boat is on shoulders, always direct which way you want the crew to walk up.
Eg. “Bow up first.”
This technique is used when lifting the boat from any location when facing the right
way up.
If a smaller or younger crew wishes to get the boat out off the water and are not
confident to go above heads, particularly with a heavier training quad they can roll
the boat. Half the rowers walk around the other side of the boat and the following
calls are made:
1. “Ready to lift……Ready……LIFT!” at this stage the boat is lifted out of the water.
2. Then to determine which way to roll, the call is “Rolling towards the shed (or water,
or me)……Ready……ROLL!” At this point the boat will end up upside down at the
waist level. While rolling it is very important NOT to let the riggers touch the ground
mid way through.
3. The boat can then be carried up as is, or the call can be made to lift to shoulders
“Shoulders, ready……UP!” This is up to the discretion of the coxswain.
REMEMBER THE STROKE IS IN CHARGE ON THE LAND AND THE COXSWAIN IS IN CHARGE ON THE WATER.
6.0 PRIDE
Rowing equipment is very expensive and should be looked after accordingly.
Treat it as if it were your own.
If something breaks let your coach or Director of Rowing (Mr Smith) know asap so that it can be
repaired. Using damaged equipment will not only make it worse, but end up costing a lot more
to get fixed. Accidents do happen and we do need to know.
LOOK AFTER EQUIPMENT
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