[CUCBC Contacts] Yellow Flag

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The flag is Yellow.

Boating is restricted to University crews, first VIIIs, men's crews in the top 2 divisions of the May Bumps and women's crews in the top division of the May Bumps as well as first fours and tub pairs. Members of crews permitted to boat under a Yellow Flag may do so in fours or small boats (i.e. single and double sculls and pairs) with the express permission of the Club Captain and/or Boatman.

Outlook: We will be using the flag and emails to Captains to communicate updates today. As it stands, our thoughts are as follows:

Today's wind is forecast to be high until late afternoon, along with possible showers later and significant wind chill.

Although it's stating the obvious, clearly crews should be prepared for this

We are intending on racing, so crews should marshall as normal, but ensure they do so in plenty of time and bring sufficient warm clothing

Crews should be accompanied by competent bank parties to assist with bringing them in and holding them on the bank.

Maintaining control of your boat and clearing quickly and effectively after bumps is particularly important in these conditions

For purely practical reasons, especially given the cold, we are less likely to consider rerows today given the delays this will pose to waiting crews; if so technical decisions will be based on crew separations at the point of any obstruction arising.


The CUCBC Committee