Author: Barbara Agnew

Ferry Lass maintenance begins

Mike B writes: Ferry Maid received her annual brush up and other attentions back in October/November and now it is the turn of the Lass.

Many thanks to all the willing hands on Sunday afternoon who helped to get the Lass turned over and ready for work to begin. The Committee (in the shape of the Technical Sub-Committee) has scheduled maintenance to continue until Friday the 22nd of February.

We’ll be gathering at the shed on Tuesday 12th February, at 10:00am to begin work on the Lass – there is lots of sanding, painting, varnishing and so on to be done, along with other tasks, so all volunteers will be welcomed with open arms!

Don’t worry if you haven’t done boat maintenance before – full guidance will be available from the folk who have!

Some photos from last year’s Lass maintenance:

Oar repair update

Remember last month when the no 2 oar in the new set broke? Well Mike McD is hard at work modifying and repairing it…

He writes: Before starting on the repair I am working on the modification to the blade, reducing the width from 6 ins to 4.5 ins and increasing the area from 140 to 180 sq ins. (the Clenshaw blades are 177 sq ins).  Below are two photos of the job so far.

 

Tides for 11-17 February

Rachel writes: After this weekend’s weather and tide disruption, we have a good week of tides ahead. We await the weather forecast though!!

 

Monday 11th February

06.53 — 5.0 m H. 11.20 — 1.6 m L. 19.05 — 5.0 m H

Tuesday 12th
07.37 — 4.9 m H. 12.02 — 1.8 m L. 19.50 — 4.9 m H

Wednesday 13th
08.26 — 4.7 m H. 12.54 — 2.0 m L 20.43 — 4.7 m H

Thursday 14th
09.23 — 4.6 m H. 14.08– 2.2 m L. 21.46 — 4.7 m H

Friday 15th
10.29 —- 4.7 m H. 17.05 — 2.0 m L. 22.58 — 4.9 m H

Saturday 16th
05.37 — 1.9 m H 11.37 — 4.9 m H. 18.03 — 1.6 m L

Sunday 17th
06.32 — 1.6 m L. 12.40 — 5.3 m H 19.05 — 1.2 m L

Saturday rowing CANCELLED

Due to the Met Office forecast of gale force winds on Saturday, all rowing that day is cancelled.  Sunday still looks OK at the moment.

Mark is also delaying the turning over of Ferry Lass for maintenance work until Sunday, just before social rowing – the more people that help the easier it is!

 

Skiffie Worlds: provisional schedule

Lorna B writes: For those of you who are going to Stranraer in July, the SCRA have posted a provisional schedule, reproduced below:

Sunday 7 July 2019:
Practice Day and Welcome Ceremony

Monday 8 July 2019:
Men Under 40; Women Under 40, Women Over 60; Men Over 60

Tuesday 9 July 2019:
Men 40+,  Women 40+;  Mixed 50+

Wednesday 10 July 2019:
Mixed Over 40 (heats); Mixed Over 60/ Mixed 280+  ; Open Men

Thursday 11 July 2019:
Men Over 50;  Women Over 50; Open Women; Mixed 40+ (final); Mixed U17

Friday 12 July 2019:
U19 Boys, U19 girls, mixed open A (heats)

Saturday 13 July 2019:
Mixed Open B;  Mixed open A (final); U17 boys; U17 girls; U19 mixed.

There may be minor changes to this schedule, depending on the number of entries for each event. In categories with a large number of entries the final may be run on the day after the heats/ repechage.