Yankee Rowers who use club boats,
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We¡¯ve had some problems regarding some of the club boats and ask for your help in avoiding them:
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The seat screws on the Fluidesign single (the ¡°Andy Larkin,¡± the green mid-weight shell) came loose from the seat frame, making the seat unusable. (It¡¯s been repaired and should be ok now.) We think this may be due to rowers hitting the bumpers on the end of the tracks at either the catch or the finish. This can be avoided by adjusting the tracks before rowing so that you have sufficient room in your stroke so that you avoid hitting the bumpers. (The track position can be adjusted by loosening each of the two wingnuts under each track: there is one wingnut for each track that is accessible by opening the round deck hatch, and there is another wingnut for each track toward the stern end of the track, just under the deck. After adjusting the tracks, please be sure to re-tighten the wingnuts, so the tracks don¡¯t move. But don¡¯t tighten the wingnuts or the deck hatch too much--just make them ¡°finger-tight¡± so the tracks and hatch don¡¯t move. If you can¡¯t figure out how to adjust the tracks, please ask me or Craig, or another club member who has a Fluidesign shell.)
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The hulls on some of the club recreational boats (e.g., the Maas boats, or the Dreher RecRacer) have been getting scratched/ scraped up a bit, usually on the bow end of the hull. If you use wheels to transport one of these shells to and from the dock, please be extra careful when transporting the boat and when maneuvering it between the dock and the water in order to avoid the bow (or other parts of the hull) scraping the hardtop, the ramp, or the dock. If you need to put the bow down on the dock when getting it in or out of the water, please put a piece of foam or a cushion under the bow to avoid scraping it on the dock.?
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If you have questions or need help regarding any of this, please let me know.?
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Thanks very much,
Ernie?
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