We will row at 7am, then immediately following, load the trailer. Novices will be grouped with a lead senior. Listen to them and follow them. If a step is missed, it can be very costly and dangerous. Some examples?
–being careless and not bungeeing the seats can result in a seat flying out of the boat on the trailer at 100km/hr, banging off the boats below, and flying into a car’s windshield;
–not tying a boat down tight can result in a boat flying off the trailer on the highway;
–not loading oars means there are no oars to row the boat at the regatta;
–not tightening nuts and bolts tightly means they fly off the trailer and we have nothing to secure our riggers in Buffalo;
–not loading stretchers means we have nothing to place our boats on in Buffalo.

ALL of the above have happened many times before. Don’t let it happen to us.

DE-RIGGING AND LOADING TEAMS
PROPELLER CLUB, WOLTER
Chloe
Becca
Jack
Charlotte
Celina
Maggie
Ethan

CHERWINSKI
Sequoia
Lachlan
Seta
Gillian
Maddy D
Grace
Max
Davin

MILLER
Maura
Quin
Emma
Katie Mac
Ryann
Geon
Alex
Seta

GRIFFITHS
Fiora
Jerron
Rochan
Serena
Liv
Liam
Maddy B
Owen

TASK CHECKLIST
1. Remove riggers.
2. Place nuts and bolts back in the holes they came from.
3. Bunjee seats
4. Make sure footboards are tight and secure.
5. Gather oars to be used for boat
6. Load boat, tie it down tightly and get a coach to check it. Load riggers and oars.

Below are the boatings for Saturday. The Buffalo Men JV4+ is the only boat that hasn’t rowed yet and will row tomorrow. Gillian will cox that boat. We will also begin to teach a few novices who have only swept to this point, how to scull. We want all of you to be able to race each discipline.

Coach boat or start de-rigging: Maura
Possible single: Serena

GRIFFITHS ((TOM/MADISON))
B-Maddy D
2-Davin
3-Emma
4-Charlotte
5-Ryann
6-Maggie
7-Fiora
S-Sequoia
CX-Rochan

JUSTICE 2- ((PETE))
B-Maddy B
S-Chloe

WOLTER ((TOM/MADISON))
B-Katie Mac
2-Liv
3-Celina
S-Becca

JV4+ MILLER ((TOM/MADISON))
B-Jack
2-Owen
3-Jerron
S-Ethan
CX-Gillian

ASTRA ((MIKE/VICTORIA))
B-Liam
2-Quin
3-Lachlan
S-Alex

CHERWINSKI ((PETE))
B-Grace
S-Seta

PROPELLER ((MIKE/VICTORIA))
B-Geon
S-Max

1. Please ensure that you have a RED LONG-SLEEVED or RED T-SHIRT for Sunday’s regatta. We are racing as Leander, NOT as Westdale.

2. MAKE SURE YOUR PASSPORT IS PACKED!!!

3. If you are driving to Buffalo with someone else, MAKE SURE YOU’VE HAD A LETTER DRAWN UP, as posted on Michaela’s excellent regatta document posted a few days ago!

3. Spring Westdale fee is now due ($125). Cheques can be made out to Westdale Rowing, or cash is accepted as well—but please make sure I write it down that you’ve paid. Things can be quite hectic in the mornings! E-transfer is also accepted to me, then I will write a cheque to Westdale Rowing.

4. Novice rowers, please communicate this to your parents or get them to read the blog if they aren’t, because there have been some questions over this fee that I’ll try to clear it up. This $125 spring fee covers our regatta entry fees and is separate from the $260 paid to Leander that covered your membership fee. If there are any questions about this, please ask, or have your parents/caregivers contact me for clarification. This information has been communicated throughout the season from the October meeting onward, but it’s understandable that it can get lost amid the mountain of (necessary) postings at this time of year. And also for the novice parents, note that the Bennett entry fees and trailering costs are NOT covered by this spring fee. Again, novices, please make sure your parents know this! I know that it can sometimes feel like we’re asking for fees constantly. I get it. But we don’t want you to feel like we haven’t been upfront about this from the very beginning, because we have.