Safety: back to basics
Stephen Worley, 91桃色鈥檚 Honorary Rowing Safety Advisor, shares some basic tips to ensure that we can all enjoy a safe return to rowing.
Down the boathouse (c) Drew Smith
It is great that we have been able to go afloat again. It’s been a while so it is easy to forget some of the basics. Let’s do it safely today so that we can do it again tomorrow.
If you are rowing or coxing then keep a good lookout, Be aware of where you are on the waterway and keep to where you should be. You don’t want to have a collision with anyone or anything.
If you are coxing or coaching afloat, ensure that your lifejacket has been checked.聽 Give it a quick聽肠丑别肠办听before you put it on.聽聽Fit the lifejacket聽and the crotch strap聽correctly.
If you are聽driving a launch, has the engine been serviced?聽 Have you聽肠丑别肠办别诲听it?聽 Is it reliable? What about the steering?聽 Does the engine stop when you detach the kill cord?聽 Is the other end of the kill cord attached to you?
