Who Needs #3 Anyway?

Weather:  Fine . . . light and variable

Temp:  About 22

River Condition:  Dead calm

River Level:  Falling from 0.2077m at 10:00am to (0.170)m at midday

Boats:  Roche

Rowers:  Carolyn, John, Mick, Neil

Competition Day . . .

Lot's of action for a Thursday morning

Our CEO sorting out a path to the river

It looked as if it was going to be mayhem on the river today . . . there were boats and rowers all over the place when we arrived.  We discovered that it was Carey Inter House competition day.  After some discussion amongst the brain trust and manoeuvring between other boats we managed to launch the Roche in front of the University shed and got ourselves under way.

There is always room for one more!

Carolyn set a good pace from the stroke’s seat and we experimented with an ‘alternative’ #3 . . . we wondered if we made better time with or without someone in the seat.  In any case, today’s # 3 was no trouble at all! The Banks eight was at Powerhouse and they helped us arrive at the landing by barking out a few instructions – which they also did to themselves as they were leaving.

Look out Jim . . . !

Weather:  Fine . . . light and variable

Temp:  About 22

River Condition:  Dead calm

River Level:  Rising from 0.320m at 6:00pm to 0.415m at 7:00pm

Boats:  Bray and Burton

Rowers:  John, Peter, Mick, Neil, Lee & Ron

Competitive Spirit Still There!

That sorted them out then!

What a lovely evening for rowing.  Our ‘normal’ stroke Jim is still on a Tassie tour but we managed very well without him!  Peter stepped into the hot seat and set a cracking pace – and we came across another crew (coxed quad) that just had to beaten . . . so we did! 

We were really impressed with Mitch's passing manoeuvrer just under the Morell Bridge . . . get the nose in front and then slam the door shut.  It was a classic motor cycle racing move!  Mitch also commented that from now on we are going to row at a faster pace so as to get more stability into the boat.

New High Water Mark . . .

Weather:  Fine . . . light and variable

Temp:  About 12

River Condition:  Dead calm with slow flow

River Level:  Falling from 0.040m at 10:00am to (0.163)m at midday

Boats:  Roche

Rowers:  John, Carolyn, Judy O, Mick

Good to be (sort of) back . . .

It was a lovely autumn morning for rowing and four keen and eager rowers turned up for a workout but unfortunately I did not row.  I had intended joining the elite crew after being overseas for the last six weeks but my breakfast meeting went on way too long.  The best I could do was offer moral support in my ‘suit’. . . which some will say is yet another pathetic excuse.

There clearly has been some high water recently – the line of debris along the grass was well above the landing and concrete walkway.  If this keeps up we’ll be able to row our boats out and back in the club house without carrying them to the river!

I am planning to go rowing on Wednesday evening and again on Thursday morning, but I won’t make any promises given my attendance record so far this year!