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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Dear Captains,</span><span lang=EN-IE><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Copied to all Boatmen and Senior Treasurers. </span><span lang=EN-IE><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>There are an increasing number of incidents being mentioned to members of CUCBC informally. These include reckless steering, near misses and capsizes. Where a formal report is received by CUCBC by email to <a href="mailto:committee@cucbc.org" target="_blank">committee@cucbc.org</a> we will address it, but we need to remind you all that you have a responsibility as part of your British Rowing registration to report any </span>incident or concern, whether or not damage, injury or a health issue has occurred, via their online portal: <a href="https://incidentreporting.britishrowing.org/" target="_blank">https://incidentreporting.britishrowing.org/</a>. You can do this as a Club, Individual, Event Organiser, or 3rd Party who needs to report an incident or concern. <span lang=EN-IE><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Your club <b><u>must</u></b> be keeping records of incident reports. This includes near misses, scrapes, and any “routine” damage. This is especially important when <u>you</u> have caused damage to another boat - or when you could have caused unseen damage, such as beneath the waterline of a houseboat. Further information, guidance and templates can be found at <a href="https://www.britishrowing.org/knowledge/safety/">https://www.britishrowing.org/knowledge/safety/</a>. <span lang=EN-IE><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>We have also had feedback from members of the town rowing and residential communities that there have been several negative interactions with college crews, particularly concerning damage to houseboats and poor decision making when manoeuvring around other watercraft. These must be recorded in your club’s incident reports. We have a section concerning collisions with other watercraft as part of our handbook: <a href="https://www.cucbc.org/handbook/coxes_coaches/collision" target="_blank">https://www.cucbc.org/handbook/coxes_coaches/collision</a>, which includes a procedure for how to properly push off a moored boat, which should be shared with all coxes and lower boat captains. Repairs to houseboats and other moored craft can be very expensive for residents. While accidents happen, we all share the river, and CUCBC will not tolerate bad behaviour on either the river itself or on the towpath, either by crews, coaches or supporters. We hope that good sense will prevail in this respect, but if not, we will apply increasingly severe penalties to individuals or clubs that offend.<span lang=EN-IE><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any concerns. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>CUCBC Senior and Executive Committees <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-IE><img border=0 width=83 height=66 style='width:.8645in;height:.6875in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DA08CC.5534B880" alt="A red lion and two crossed oars
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