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Author: David BiddulphDavid Biddulph
Date: Dec 31, 2006 13:54
"Richard Packer" rjSURNAME.org.yookay> wrote in message
news:esrdp2d5rbdfkm5tt7uqtvf2tjlomnilgg@4ax.com...> On 30 Dec 2006 14:04:54 -0800, "steveh" yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>>>As i read this that is not the case. As I read it what the SARA clubs
>>have agreed to is that any boats use for racing where there is normaly
>>good safety cover boats .must be buoyant whilst boats that are use just
>>at the clubs where there is normaly less safety cover need not be
>>buoyant.?
>
> I think you've misread it then. This appears to be the wording SARA
> have agreed on, and it says nothing about any differences between
> competition and training or any other activity.
>
> "Boats constructed or delivered after 1st January 2007 shall meet the
> FISA
> Guidelines for Minimum Flotation:
> A boat when full of water with a crew of average weight equal to the
> design ...
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Author: RedlakeRedlake
Date: Dec 31, 2006 13:13
Found this on google.Not sure about the video,but i liked the sound
track
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Author: donal.caseydonal.casey
Date: Dec 31, 2006 09:14
Dreaming ... Im looking at the possibility of getting a small apartment
in a ski resort with a view to using for skiing in the winter but close
enough to be able to row on a lake in the summer/autumn.
Does anyone have any recommendations as places to look at in France
Italy of Switzerland or Austria. Convenience for skiing more important
than the rowing and needs to by up high as paranoid about global
warming taking all the snow away!!
I will also post on the skiing website.
Donal
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Author: anton2468anton2468
Date: Dec 31, 2006 05:29
Carl wrote:
> Carl wrote:
>> Exactly 6 years to the day, Leo died in Amposta, Spain, when his club
>> training session was overtaken by a storm. He was 21 years of age, with
>> his whole life ahead of him.
>>
>> Leo died when his eight swamped & sank in midstream while attempting to
>> cross back to the rowing club & safety. The club's other eight also
>> sank, but near the shore, & such were the conditions that when emptied
>> of water it again swamped & sank. In the violence of the storm, Leo &
>> others were separated from their boat. Leo was lost & drowned.
>>
>> Had Leo's boat been built with full underseat enclosed buoyancy, it
>> would not have sunk beneath its crew. They would not then have been
>> forced into the water, to cling on if possible, & if separated to swim
>> for their lives.
>>
>> Leo's boat _could_ have been built fully buoyant, but it was not. Every
>> rowing shell in existence today _could_ have been built fully buoyant,
>> but most were not. Every shell could be _very cheaply_ converted to be ...
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Author: Anne RogersAnne Rogers
Date: Dec 30, 2006 18:18
> It would be a shame if eights/mays were abolished for safety reasons.
> If you are considering creating a new event then I recommend the safety
> zones and smaller boats than eights.
I've no familiarity with the river in Shrewsbury, I could imagine something
like that on the Isis at Oxford, but I don't think the Cam is wide enough,
you would end up with a racing lane barely wider than the width of the
blades, definitely narrower than the lane width on a multilane course, which
I think would just be too narrow for a bendy course.
Cheers
Anne
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Author: TeaplantTeaplant
Date: Dec 30, 2006 17:47
The Shrewsbury school bumps races (albeit in fours and slow ones at
that) use a pair of 'safety zones' (can't remember the exact phrase)
which are two narrow buoyed lanes on either side of the course in which
racing boats may not go... this narrows the 'track' but makes it far
less likely that a collision happens. It would probably cause a few
extra bumps to happen at a constriction in the course as it would
automatically demand crews to row in single file at that point. Crews
involved in bumps move port/starboard as appropriate immediately and
stop (pull riverside oars in if needed). I think they have a white
line on the stern - bowball past this is a bump (judged by umpire - no
concessions needed) and no contact allowed.
the lanes are no more than 5m wide - just enough room to squeeze in...
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Author: David BiddulphDavid Biddulph
Date: Dec 30, 2006 15:39
>
> Richard Packer wrote:
>> On 30 Dec 2006 14:04:54 -0800, "steveh" yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>>As i read this that is not the case. As I read it what the SARA clubs
>>>have agreed to is that any boats use for racing where there is normaly
>>>good safety cover boats .must be buoyant whilst boats that are use just
>>>at the clubs where there is normaly less safety cover need not be
>>>buoyant.?
>>
>> I think you've misread it then. This appears to be the wording SARA
>> have agreed on, and it says nothing about any differences between
>> competition and training or any other activity.
>>
>> "Boats constructed or delivered after 1st January 2007 shall meet the
>> FISA
>> Guidelines for Minimum Flotation: ...
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Author: Charles CarrollCharles Carroll
Date: Dec 30, 2006 13:19
David,
As I read it, "shall meet" means boats must meet FISA Guidelines. I take it
this is a victory for those who advocate full buoyancy?
Cordially,
Charles
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Author: David BiddulphDavid Biddulph
Date: Dec 30, 2006 12:30
"Charles Carroll" comcast.net> wrote in message
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> David,
>
> Sorry to be such a nuisance but residing on the other side of the pond I
> am
> not sure I understand what happened. Could you translate?
As I read it, the EGM decided to retain the wording that said:
"Boats constructed or delivered after 1st January 2007 shall meet the FISA
Guidelines for Minimum Flotation:
A boat when full of water with a crew of average weight equal to the design
weight stated on the boat's production plaque, seating in the rowing
position, should float such that the top of the seat is a maximum of 5cm
below the static waterline."
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