From flag at cucbc.org Sat Oct 8 10:33:34 2016 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2016 11:33:34 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Green Flag Message-ID: The flag is Green. There are no restrictions on which crews may boat. The CUCBC Committee From robert at cucbc.org Wed Oct 12 16:23:39 2016 From: robert at cucbc.org (Robert Nimmo) Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 17:23:39 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Lights and visibility Message-ID: Dear coxes, A gentle reminder about lights. If boats are going to be on the water within 15 minutes of lighting up/down, they must be fitted with a bright, non-flashing white light on both bow and stern, such that at least one can be seen from any point round the boat (you want to be visible when spinning too...) For this reason, lights fitted to one backstay are not sufficient, since the bow canvas blocks the view from one side, and boating without lights at all is not OK (you know who you are). Nor are lights with almost dead batteries very much use. You want the light to be the first thing seen, not the last. In addition, if visibility is poor, it's generally worth fitting the lights then as well, regardless of the time of day. This isn't a case of mean cranky CUCBC introducing rules for our personal amusement, but does make a genuine difference to how visible your boat is during the darker mornings, which ultimately keeps you (and us) safer. On the subject of poor visibility, please use a little bit of common sense. We are likely to see more foggy days over the next few weeks. Pulling three way overtakes at speed into a fog bank where visibility is less than three lengths will sooner or later result in a dangerous and expensive incident, which I suspect no-one wants to see. As coxes, you have both the right and responsibility to refuse to undertake manouvers you consider dangerous. I know it's early in term, that people are keen to get on with training and that pressure from coaches is sometimes difficult to resist, but a few minutes waiting behind a slower crew will be much less harmful to your training goals than hitting something head on. Please use your own judgement as well. Best of luck for training and racing this term, Robert -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From flag at cucbc.org Wed Oct 26 05:34:57 2016 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 06:34:57 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Green Flag Message-ID: The flag is Green. There are no restrictions on which crews may boat. Outlook: The river is pretty foggy from the P&E downstream. It is starting to thin, but boats are reminded that they must have bright lights fitted to be visible through 360 degrees. Coxes are reminded to exercise common sense when overtaking in diminished visibility. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Wed Oct 26 05:56:26 2016 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 06:56:26 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Yellow Flag Message-ID: 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: Fog The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Wed Oct 26 07:47:09 2016 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 08:47:09 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Green Flag Message-ID: The flag is Green. There are no restrictions on which crews may boat. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Mon Oct 31 06:12:07 2016 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 06:12:07 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Yellow Flag Message-ID: 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: Fog - will be reassessed as the morning goes on, but novice boating at 7.30 looks unlikely. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Mon Oct 31 10:11:42 2016 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 10:11:42 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Green Flag Message-ID: The flag is Green. There are no restrictions on which crews may boat. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Mon Oct 31 22:23:15 2016 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 22:23:15 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Yellow Flag Message-ID: 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: Fog is forecast as very likely for tomorrow morning. Conditions will be assessed ~15 minutes before lighting down and the flag changed to green or confirmed as yellow then. Apologies for the uncertainty. The CUCBC Committee