Home and Hosed . . .

Weather:  Fine . . . winds from the NW at about 10kts

Temp:  About 22

River Condition:  Mostly calm but choppy in gusts

River Level:  Falling from 0.477m at 10:00am to 0.250m at midday

Boats:  Roche, Burton

Rowers:  John, Carolyn, Kerry, Mick, Judy O, Neil

A Very Fine Row . . .

Kerry stretching everyone out . . .

Nice timing . . .

Everyone was at the shed on time and we had the boats out on the water in good time.   Kerry set an excellent pace and the crew looked very professional.  I coxed upstream and Carolyn rowed in the bow seat – and we swapped at Powerhouse.  The others stayed in their seats while John rowed ‘shotgun’ in the single. 

There was one moment of excitement on the way downstream.  Per chance we met an upstream bound wide ferry under the Chapel Street Bridge and we were ‘forced’ a little close to the north bank.  However we all came through unscathed thanks to the skill of Carolyn’s deft hand on the tiller. 

Washing, rinse, dry, rinse - or something like that!

And there was some discussion about what ‘home and hosed’ might mean – apparently there is a view that we should not only wash and rinse the boats, but that we should also rub them down with a towel or chamois.  Kerry added to the discussion by rinsing the Roche twice!

Thanks again everyone – what a lovely row.