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PRC Member Handbook: Tools and Rules

Logbooks

All boats, including both PRC club and restricted boats and all private boats, rowing from the PRC shall be signed out and in again in the logbook in the boat bay indicating the name of the boat, rack space, times out and in, and names of rowers in the boat.

Dock Protocol

  • Dock Etiquette calls for rowers to get on and launched from the dock as quickly as possible. Be considerate of others, and PLAN to get on and off the dock quickly.  If you discover breakage or missing equipment, check for others waiting to launch.  If there are others waiting to launch, take the boat out of the water and put it back on shore in slings and make the repair.  Do not hold up everyone else while you fix your boat. Adjust your foot stretchers on the water if boats are waiting to launch or come in.
  • Oars and sculls should be taken to the dock or rack immediately before taking the boat down.  Do not leave untended blades on the dock to act as hazards for others.
  • Crews and coxswains should remain vigilant and aware of any obstacles that might impede progress to or from the dock (riggers on boats on racks, lifts, slings, other crews waiting in line, etc.)
  • All crewmembers are required to help carry boats to and from the water;
  • At least one member of a crew should hold the boat while others collect oars
  • Cox boxes and any other electronics should be tested and confirmed to be in good working order before embarking on a row;
  • Our neighbors in Wakefield's apartment building or in the sailboats moored at the dock are sleeping in the early morning hours.  Be considerate of them and keep noise to a minimum.
  • Be considerate.  Shove off as quickly as possible, and row your boat to a position OUT of the channel before you stop to tie-in.  Similarly, on your way in, stop and pivot your boat to prepare to land OUT of the way of boats going by in the channel
After landing:
  • Get off the dock as quickly as you can!;
  • Return the boat to the same rack you got it from;
  • Wipe the boat down with a reasonably clean towel (if there are no clean towels, write a note on the boat maintenance white board);
  • Visually inspect the boat for signs of damage or wear which need repair.  If you find any damage – regardless of who caused it or if its just built up wear and tear, write a note on the maintenance white board or email director@pocockrowingcenter.org;
  • Sign the boat back in on the Boat Logbook;
  • Report any collisions you may have had (either with other boats or with stationary objects) to the office;
  • Put your oars away;

Locker Room

The locker rooms are for the convenience of all PRC members. Your thoughtfulness, neatness, and adherence to the following policies will ensure a pleasant experience for all users.

  • Lockers may be used during the day for free. Any lockers used over night must be rented (@$18/qtr)
  • All personal belongings, other than shoes, must be stored entirely inside a locker. Shoes may be stored neatly on top of lockers
  • Hooks by the showers are for use when showering or for drying towels. Please refrain from drying towels on locker doors.
  • Management may make occasional sweeps of locker rooms, placing items in the lost and found box, which is periodically donated to Junior Programs, RVR, and/or Goodwill.
  • Those using gym bags are asked to place them out of the way – in or on top of a locker – as to not impair use of floor space by others.

Regatta Trailer Costs, Including Private Boats

The cost of sending trailers to regattas is borne by the Programs and Individuals who use the trailer. The cost of using trailers is to be COST NEUTRAL to the PRC.  The PRC owns and maintains a trailer, and the use of the trailer itself and its insurance is included in the benefits of membership.  However the costs of truck rental, drivers, tolls, gas, depreciation, repairs, maintenance, supplies, and any other out of pocket expenses actually incurred are collected and must be reimbursed by the users of the trailer.

If the PRC takes a trailer to an away regatta, members may get their private boats on it on a space available basis. The price of trailering is created by totaling all expenses and dividing it by number of seats on the trailer. Owners of private boats on the trailer are responsible for covering their share of these expenses.

The cost of trailering PRC Club boats to regattas for programs is charged to the programs and must be accounted for in the fees set for participation in the regatta. In this way the Junior Program bears the cost of trailering boats to Junior Regattas, Masters to Masters regattas, etc.  Participants in Masters Programs are responsible for allocating the cost of the use of the trailer among the users of the boats used by them at regattas.

 

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