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Be aware of your race times. Have your crew
take a short jog one
hour before your launch time.
Listen to the announcer for the first call of your race. Be aware
of how many crews are in your race and what your bow number is. If your
bow number is high in a race of 40 crews, you will not want to have your
shell ready at first call. So don’t have your crew warm up too early if
they're going to wait and stand around before its your bow numbers turn
to launch.
It is important to keep your commands the same as
in practice. Rowing is a routine sport. Off the water this
is especially important in keeping the rowers and shells safe.
| When it’s time for you to launch, make sure
crew members not rowing are carrying your crew’s oars and someone
has the shoe box. The oars should be carried two at a time to
prevent scratches. When returning to the dock, these crew members
will return the rowers shoe’s and take their oars. This help
allows your crew to be quicker dock time. Dock time is the
time it takes the crew to get off the dock when launching or
returning. Regatta events give time penalties added onto
your race time if you spend too much time on the dock, usually
two minutes.
The reason for these time penalties is to prevent the regatta
from getting behind in schedule. Though often times
regatta's are behind. |
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This is an improper way to carry oars. Make
sure there is enough crew members to carry two oars each.
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