Save the date for the next Rowing Victoria coaching seminar/workshop on Basic Boat Maintenance

Guest Presenters: From Sykes Racing Paul Fitzgerald and Fergus Pragnell

Event:  Coaching Seminar – Basic Boat Maintenance for Season 2016

Venue: Mercantile Rowing Club, Boathouse Drive, Melbourne

Date & Time: October 28, 7:00-8:30pm

Synopsis:  Providing practical advice and demonstration to less experienced coaches on how to maintain the correct functionality of their boat during the rowing season.  Proposed areas to be addressed:

• Outlining the most common faults/abuse/neglect of equipment
• What basic tools should I own
• Basic rigging adjustments
• Safe-guarding the retention of correct rigging
• Recognising warning signs for wear and tear
• How to change a wheel/slide/swivel etc
• Common mistakes made when rigging and de-rigging
• Coxing electronics looms – how to diagnose/isolate a problem then fix
• Oars: handles, buttons, sleeves
• How to care for hulls
• How to correctly secure/transport a boat/riggers/oars on a trailer