From rob.yates2010 at gmail.com Tue Jan 2 22:11:15 2018 From: rob.yates2010 at gmail.com (Rob Yates) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 22:11:15 -0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Mid-week Evening Cox needed for Masters crew Message-ID: <00ba01d38416$9c2a2130$d47e6390$@gmail.com> Hi, I Captain a Masters Crew in Xpress BC and I'm looking for a mid-week cox on either an ad-hoc or regular basis. We are a serious and competitive crew and train 4 times a week, but we are currently short of a cox for a Wednesday or Thursday evening between 6:30 and 8:30pm. If you would welcome the opportunity to train with a Masters Crew, and are happy to Cox on the Cam in the dark, please drop me an email or give me a call and we can take it from there. Kind Regards Rob Yates X-Press BC Mob: 07850 713055 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From clarehall.women at cucbc.org Thu Jan 11 09:49:13 2018 From: clarehall.women at cucbc.org (Clare Hall Women) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 09:49:13 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] cox needed Message-ID: Hi, Clare Hall is looking for a cox for our W1 team for lent term (including bumps). If any of you know someone that could be interested, please let me know. Best, Emma Kneuss Clare Hall women's captain -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From flag at cucbc.org Tue Jan 16 20:04:51 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 20:04:51 +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: Provisional yellow flag for Wednesday morning, on account of high wind speeds forecast. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Wed Jan 17 06:59:15 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 06:59:15 +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: Still very strong gusts. Flag will be reassessed through the day but will remain yellow at 7:28. It's not very nice out here. :( The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Wed Jan 17 21:05:54 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 21:05:54 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Red/Yellow Flag Message-ID: The flag is Red/Yellow. The river is closed, except to tub pairs between Jesus Lock and Chesterton and University crews with the express permission of their Head Coach. Outlook: Gusts in excess of 50mph forecast for the morning. Wind is not due to drop to yellow flag levels until after 0900. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Thu Jan 18 06:36:31 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 06:36:31 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Red/Yellow Flag Message-ID: The flag is Red/Yellow. The river is closed, except to tub pairs between Jesus Lock and Chesterton and University crews with the express permission of their Head Coach. Outlook: Very windy. Flag will be re-assessed after 0900. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Thu Jan 18 09:23:08 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 09:23:08 +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 conor at cucbc.org Sun Jan 21 23:04:19 2018 From: conor at cucbc.org (Conor Burgess) Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 23:04:19 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] 15 minute rule Message-ID: Dear all, As confirmed at the Captains? Meeting this evening, the 15 minute rule will be in place from tomorrow (Monday 23rd) morning, in line with Rule 2 of the Early Morning Traffic Restrictions. Only first VIIIs (n.b. VIIIs only, not IVs) may boat within the first 15 minutes after Lighting Down or after the allowed boating time on Saturdays and Sundays (11:00am). All other crews may boat 15 minutes after Lighting Down (or at 11:15am on Saturdays and Sundays). It?s not 100% up to date yet, but this document is quite helpful for understanding the Lent Term traffic restrictions: https://www.cucbc.org/system/files/Guidance%20on%20Lent%20Early%20Mornings%202016.pdf These rules are all in place to try and alleviate early morning traffic, but please remember that weekday outings after 9am count for 1.5 towards the 12 outing requirement, and that?s the best way to avoid early morning traffic! Best wishes, Conor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From flag at cucbc.org Mon Jan 22 07:22:39 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 07:22:39 +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. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Mon Jan 22 07:50:28 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 07:50:28 +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: Due to the river level and stream. Apologies for the late notice earlier, it looks like Jesus Lock was opened quite dramatically to prevent the upper river from flooding but there haven???t been any flood alerts to notify of the flooding of the lower river which has come as a result. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Mon Jan 22 09:07:50 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 09:07:50 +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. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Mon Jan 22 21:22:23 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 21:22:23 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Green Flag Message-ID: The flag is Green. There are no restrictions on which crews may boat. Outlook: Water levels are returning to normal but forecast wind speeds are relatively high - will be reassessed before lighting down. NB The Twitter feed for the flag is not currently working so you will need to check your emails before boating. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Tue Jan 23 07:14:07 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 07:14:07 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Green Flag Message-ID: The flag is Green. There are no restrictions on which crews may boat. Outlook: The river has dropped below the hard in most places but is still very high. Both stream and winds are strong. Coxes and coaches should make their own decision on whether their crew can handle the conditions. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Tue Jan 23 18:30:06 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:30:06 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Red/Yellow Flag Message-ID: The flag is Red/Yellow. The river is closed, except to tub pairs between Jesus Lock and Chesterton and University crews with the express permission of their Head Coach. Outlook: Provisional flag based on the forecast 50mph gusts between 7am and 10am tomorrow. Flag will be checked by 06:50 to confirm, but will remain red/yellow if the forecast is correct. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Tue Jan 23 18:31:01 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:31:01 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Red/Yellow Flag Message-ID: The flag is Red/Yellow. The river is closed, except to tub pairs between Jesus Lock and Chesterton and University crews with the express permission of their Head Coach. Outlook: Forecast for the morning is gusts up to 48 mph. Conditions will be checked tomorrow morning before 7am, but the outlook makes it very unlikely the flag will be downgraded to yellow or green. Sorry. Committee forgot to make this week's offering to the weather gods. :( The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Wed Jan 24 12:46:16 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 12:46:16 +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: Still high wind speeds, but back down to Yellow flag conditions, likely for the rest of Wednesday. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Wed Jan 24 23:33:54 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 23:33:54 +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: Pretty high wind speeds forecast for tomorrow morning and strong stream this evening, so sticking with provisional yellow for Thursday morning. The flag will be checked before lighting down though. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Thu Jan 25 06:52:23 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 06:52:23 +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: Stream still significantly elevated and some string gusts on the reach. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Thu Jan 25 12:32:21 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 12:32:21 +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 Fri Jan 26 06:31:50 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 06:31:50 +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: River is currently very foggy. 1st boats must fit lights with charged batteries and turn them on... Fog will likely lift within 15 minutes of lighting down so 2nd and lower crews should be prepared for the flag to go green before they can push off. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Fri Jan 26 07:31:04 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 07:31:04 +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 descending again. Conditions will be monitored and changed to green as soon as safe. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Fri Jan 26 08:09:12 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 08:09:12 +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 mark at cucbc.org Sat Jan 27 01:37:00 2018 From: mark at cucbc.org (Mark Jacobs) Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 01:37:00 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Fog / Lights Message-ID: Dear All, This morning was, I think, the first foggy morning of the term. I'm sure it won't be the last. I've had a few reports of crews that were either poorly lit, or entirely lacking lights, and I'd be very glad not to hear any more this term! For the first 15 minutes after lighting down (and the last 15 before lighting up), all crews are required to show a steady white light on their bow and stern. On overcast mornings in particular this makes it much easier for coxes to judge distances when rowing up behind queueing boats. Most of us (myself included) are guilty of letting our lights get a little too dim before changing batteries. When it's foggy though, bright lights are absolutely necessary because they are the first thing a cox of another boat will see. Imagine a men's VIII travelling at a decent pace - how much time do you think it takes from their cox seeing something ahead to calling for the boat to hold it up? What is their stopping distance when the call has been made? Would you rather that they saw your bright light from 70 / 80m away or your dim light from 30 / 40m? Or your unlit stern from 20m?! Captains - if you don't have a decent stock of spare batteries in the boathouse, buy some. Crews are a? lot more likely to go out with crap lights if that's all they have to hand. Coxes - you're the first thing that a crew approaching from behind will hit. If you have a healthy sense of self-preservation, take responsibility for checking at the start of every outing that your lights (if you need them) are bright. When visibility is poor please take extra care to keep a good lookout. If there's dense fog and you're not comfortable with how much you can see, talk to your coach to? let them know how you're getting on and to decide between you what you can safely and usefully do in the rest of the outing. Finally, be extremely careful with overtaking! Any questions, let me know... Regards, Mark Jacobs CUCBC Safety Advisor From flag at cucbc.org Sun Jan 28 21:27:10 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2018 21:27:10 +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: Forecast is for wind speeds into the mid-30s tomorrow morning. Conditions *will* be assessed at ~06:30 and the flag updated as appropriate, but crews should be prepared for the flag to remain yellow. Many apologies. We appreciate the weather has been less than co-operative of late. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Mon Jan 29 06:39:14 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 06:39:14 +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: Gusts and wind speed have been building over the last 30 mins. Will be assessed again at lighting down, but likely to stay yellow. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Mon Jan 29 12:42:29 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:42:29 +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 wolfson.captain at cucbc.org Tue Jan 30 14:28:08 2018 From: wolfson.captain at cucbc.org (Sonny Smart) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:28:08 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Coxes needed! Message-ID: <5a7080f8.23b8df0a.de83e.f51d@mx.google.com> Hi, Wolfson are looking for a coxes for our W1 and W2/M3 crews for?lent term (including bumps for W1 at least). If any of you know someone that may be interested please do let me know. Many thanks, Sonny -- Sonny Smart Captain of Wolfson College Boat Club wolfson.captain at cucbc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From flag at cucbc.org Wed Jan 31 07:03:31 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 07:03:31 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Green Flag Message-ID: The flag is Green. There are no restrictions on which crews may boat. Outlook: Moderare wind - inexperienced lower boats should make sure they are able to handle the conditions, and may wish to spin at the P&E. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Wed Jan 31 07:09:30 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 07:09:30 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Green Flag Message-ID: The flag is Green. There are no restrictions on which crews may boat. Outlook: Moderare wind - inexperienced lower boats should make sure they are able to handle the conditions, and may wish to spin at the P&E. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Wed Jan 31 10:09:34 2018 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 10:09:34 +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: High winds. Crews (especially coxes and coaches) are reminded of the need to constantly assess the conditions and cut short their outings if conditions worsen to the point where they are struggling to cope. The CUCBC Committee From conor at cucbc.org Wed Jan 31 10:28:59 2018 From: conor at cucbc.org (Conor Burgess) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 10:28:59 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Outings in Deteriorating Conditions Message-ID: Dear all, *Captains please forward to your VCs, LBCs, coxes and coaches.* Unfortunately we didn't foresee the conditions this morning deteriorating significantly between the flag being checked just before 7am and the very high wind / gust speeds that followed about an hour later. Apologies for that. However, it is extremely important for crews (coxes and coaches in particular) to remain vigilant and constantly aware of their ability to cope with the conditions. If a crew starts struggling - even if the flag allowed them to go out - they should be cutting short their outing and returning to the boathouse as safely as possible. The coach should be aiding the cox in getting their crew back safely if this is the case. As is clearly stated on the flag page: *N.B. Where the Flag permits a given crew to boat (i.e. green or yellow flag), the final decision lies with the cox and coach as to whether that crew is able to handle the conditions and thus whether boating is appropriate.* That decision does not stop as soon as you've pushed off; you must re-assess continuously throughout the course of the outing. We will have to start fining crews and then imposing training bans on crews which do not demonstrate sensible decision making in this regard. Best wishes, Conor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: