From izzy at cucbc.org Mon Dec 2 12:21:38 2019 From: izzy at cucbc.org (Isabel Nimmo) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2019 12:21:38 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Early mornings outings Message-ID: <CAPREJqEAzogzSP=C_p+STcgLdDoDxZWio4FC6ZDWkopu-Kf+mA@mail.gmail.com> Dear Captains and Coxes, As sunrise creeps later and later in the morning, we've had a number of near misses between college and town crews over the last week or so. This is just a gentle reminder that even if you are on your first run down to the lock this doesn't guarantee that there isn't someone heading back into Cambridge as they finish their outing since town crews are not restricted by the time of lighting down. Typical areas for collisions are: overtaking on the wrong side past the Cantabs boathouse, crews going very wide/overtaking under the Green Dragon without a coach to confirm the river is clear, crews overtaking at the pinch point just downstream of the P&E, crews committing to an overtake just upstream of the Railway bridge (i.e. before you can check the reach is clear of oncoming traffic) I very much appreciate that training time is increasingly curtailed by daylight and river traffic, but broken boats and injured rowers will be a much bigger barrier to successful racing than an extra few seconds behind someone before starting an overtake. Please could you pass on to your crews that overtaking should only be carried out if they can first confirm that there isn't someone coming the other way, rather than just assuming that no-one will be there. Best wishes for the last few days of training, racing and most importantly - BCDs! Isabel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.cucbc.org/pipermail/coxes_lists.cucbc.org/attachments/20191202/4820ba10/attachment.htm> From flag at cucbc.org Wed Dec 4 06:32:47 2019 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 06:32:47 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Yellow Flag Message-ID: <E1icODP-0008At-3A@sr1.cucbc.org> The flag is Yellow. Boating is restricted to University crews, first VIIIs and tub pairs. During Lent Term, any VIIIs in the first or second division of the Lent Bumps may boat. During Easter Term, any VIIIs in the first or second division of the May Bumps may boat. 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: Thick fog on the reach. Flag will be reset at ~7:00 ahead of lighting down. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Wed Dec 4 07:04:42 2019 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 07:04:42 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Green Flag Message-ID: <E1icOiI-0008vM-68@sr1.cucbc.org> The flag is Green. There are no restrictions on which crews may boat. Outlook: Fog is lifting. Crews MUST fit lights (bright, visible, actually switched on...) but all crews may boat. The CUCBC Committee From flag at cucbc.org Sat Dec 7 23:37:56 2019 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 23:37:56 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Not Operational Flag Message-ID: <E1idje8-000DPL-JL@sr1.cucbc.org> The flag is Not Operational. CUCBC does not set the flag status during vacations. The CUCBC Committee