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Signup sheet for cleanup tasks
Amy Rhodes has wisely suggested an on-line spreadsheet to collect cleanup signup engagements. You can find her sheet at https://tinyurl.com/yrcreserve <https://tinyurl.com/yrcreserve> and selecting
By Bob Sproull · #141 ·
Re: Are these your oars?
Dear Ernie, I am writing to you, because you are the person that I had the initial contact with when we joined the Yankee Rowing Club. We are struggling with what to do about our boat, and our
By jbryden@... · #142 ·
Re: Boathouse Opening!! Spring cleanup
By Benjamin Barnes · #143 ·
Assignment of storage for oars and boats (racks)
The Equipment Committee handles requests for assigning storage for oars and boats in the boathouse and on the outdoor rack. If you wish to change an assignment, e.g., swap rack spaces or oar
By Bob Sproull · #144 ·
Yankee Rowing: boathouse utility/sheet-rock knife missing
If you used the Yankee Rowing utility/sheet-rock knife (the gray metal knife with a razor-blade edge), please return it to the shelf above the logbook. It's currently missing and not on the shelf
By Ernie Alleva · #145 ·
Musical Oars in the Boathouse
Spaces for oars that belong to club members have been tight recently. Craig has just moved things around so that there are a few additional oar rack spaces available up above the club Maas on wheels
By Ernie Alleva · #146 ·
Yankee Rowing: Please be extra careful with the outdoor boat slings
Yankee Rowers, Some of the club boat slings outside the boathouse (especially the purple and green ones) are showing strains of regular use and are in need of some repairs. Craig will be repairing
By Ernie Alleva · #147 ·
Boathouse Slings Repaired, and a New Utility Knife
Yankee Rowers, Thanks very much to Craig for repairing several of the boat slings outside the boathouse. When using or moving the slings, please be gentle with them. And, if there are any problems
By Ernie Alleva · #148 ·
Re: Boathouse Slings Repaired, and a New Utility Knife
Not about the knife, but I thought the group might be interested in a piece we published yesterday by Olympic rower Anita L. DeFrantz recalling the Olympic boycott in 1980:
By cpotter258 · #149 ·
Yankee Rowing Boathousekeeping Reminder: Please shut off and drain the hose
A reminder: Please remember to shut off and drain the boathouse hose after using it. (Today it was left on full force by whomever used it last.) The reason for doing this is that in the hot weather
By Ernie Alleva · #150 ·
Row2K Hack Article Recently Referenced
For the "considerate sculler". It's really the inside oarlock that counts. https://www.row2k.com/features/837/Sock-ed-Riggers/
By e · #151 ·
Re: Yankee Rowing Boathousekeeping Reminder: Please shut off and drain the hose
To add to Ernie¡¯s plea to remember to bleed the hose: if you aren¡¯t sure how it should be done, please ask someone! Each time I have use the hose, someone has neglected to bleed it. Thanks! Jenn
By Jenn Ferree · #152 ·
How to drain/bleed the boathouse hose
Following up on Jenn's note, here are some instructions on how to drain/bleed the hose: First, shut the water off all of the way by the outdoor spigot that the hose is attached to (it's outside the
By Ernie Alleva · #153 ·
Yankee Rowing -- Moving boats around in/out of the boat racks and boathouse
As you all know, things have been tight in the boathouse lately. And we have had some problems with people bumping and scratching boats when moving boats off/on their racks and in/out of the
By Ernie Alleva · #154 ·
Re: Yankee Rowing -- Moving boats around in/out of the boat racks and boathouse
Dear Ernie: A mouse ate through one of my shoes: I will be replacing the shoes in the morning with a new pair. Do you want the left one which is unmoused in case you need a shoe for one of the other
By cpotter258 · #155 ·
Using the club Fluidesign single
Those of you who row in the club Fluidesign single (the larger, greenish boat, the "Andy Larkin"), please keep an eye on the wing nuts on the bolts that fasten the footstretcher to the hull. Sometimes
By Ernie Alleva · #156 ·
Revised COVID-19 precautions as of May 29
Effective May 29, 2021 we are revising the YRC COVID-19 precautions: If you have been fully vaccinated for at least 2 weeks, you do not need to wear a mask in or around the boathouse and dock. Some
By Bob Sproull · #157 ·
Footstretcher bolts
Forwarded from Craig for those who use the club Fluidesign single:
By Ernie Alleva · #158 ·
Signup
Bob Signing up a little late this year. I can send in payment today but wondering if it is ok if I row tomorrow morning? Erik rhodes.
By Erik Rhodes · #159 ·
Re: Signup
That's a Bob Sproull question--but I would like to take the opportunity of this thread to say that when I arrived this morning, the bay door was wide open with no one around. We don't live in a
By cpotter258 · #160 ·