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Following up on Jenn's note, here are some instructions on how to drain/bleed the hose: First, shut the water off all of the way by the outdoor spigot that the hose is attached to (it's outside the boathouse on the wall on the river side of the boathouse). This will stop constant water pressure on the hose. Then, either turn the black toggle switch that is on the spigot (the water should drain from the hose via the spigot--if it doesn't drain through the spigot, try turning the toggle switch the other way), or squeeze the spray nozzle handle on other end of the hose. This will drain/bleed the water that is still in the hose and prevent water pressure from building up and causing the hose to burst. If you're still not sure how to do it, please ask someone at the boathouse. Thanks very much. Best, Ernie On 2021-05-22 18:26, Jenn Ferree wrote: > To add to Ernie’s plea to remember to bleed the hose: if you aren’t > sure how it should be done, please ask someone! Each time I have use > the hose, someone has neglected to bleed it. > Thanks! > Jenn >> On May 22, 2021, at 4:27 PM, Ernie Alleva <elaCS@...> wrote: >> >> ?A reminder: Please remember to shut off and drain the boathouse hose >> after using it. (Today it was left on full force by whomever used it >> last.) The reason for doing this is that in the hot weather and >> daytime sun the hose can burst because the water in the hose heats up >> and expands. (Unfortunately, this happens once or twice a season.) >> >> Thanks very much. >> >> Best, >> Ernie >> >> >> >> >> > > >

As you all know, things have been tight in the boathouse lately. And we have had some problems with people bumping and scratching boats when moving boats off/on their racks and in/out of the boathouse. Please be extra careful when moving boats around inside the boathouse, when taking them in and out of the boathouse, and when putting them on/off the boat slings outside. Also, we ask that people use socks on both oarlocks to help prevent scratching other boats, and not to take them off the oarlocks until the boat is outside the boathouse. (There are quite a few pairs of socks available for your use in two plastic bags in the bottom area of the logbook table.) And, if other people are around, it's a good practice to have two people moving a boat on/off the boat racks and in/out of the boathouse--it makes things easier and reduces the likelihood of bumping of scratching other boats. So, please don't hesitate to ask someone else for help with your boat. And, depending on where your boat is, in some cases it's advisable to use the bolsters or step-stools in the boathouse to access boats. Thanks very much. Best, Ernie

Those of you who row in the club Fluidesign single (the larger, greenish boat, the "Andy Larkin"), please keep an eye on the wing nuts on the bolts that fasten the footstretcher to the hull. Sometimes they can loosen up and the bolt can come out. So, please make sure to check and (if needed) tighten the wing nuts before, during, and after rowing. Thanks very much. Best, Ernie

Effective May 29, 2021 we are revising the YRC COVID-19 precautions: If you have been fully vaccinated for at least 2 weeks, you do not need to wear a mask in or around the boathouse and dock. Some people may wish to continue to wear masks regardless of their vaccination status; please be considerate of their choice. Please continue to distance informally; give others plenty of room. And washing shared equipment (boats, seats, oars), a standard club procedure, should continue. Thank you all for the care you take for all our members. Bob

Bob Signing up a little late this year. I can send in payment today but wondering if it is ok if I row tomorrow morning? Erik rhodes. > On May 28, 2021, at 8:51 AM, Bob Sproull <rfsproull@...> wrote: > > ?Effective May 29, 2021 we are revising the YRC COVID-19 precautions: > > If you have been fully vaccinated for at least 2 weeks, you do not need > to wear a mask in or around the boathouse and dock. > > Some people may wish to continue to wear masks regardless of their > vaccination status; please be considerate of their choice. > > Please continue to distance informally; give others plenty of room. > > And washing shared equipment (boats, seats, oars), a standard club > procedure, should continue. > > Thank you all for the care you take for all our members. > > Bob > > > > > >

(If you have no use for or interest in the double or the rack, you may wish to ignore this message.) THE DOUBLE Craig and I have moved the double to the outdoor rack. It is stored at a height that should be easily accessible by everyone. The boat has a cover; but since the boat is rigged, the cover cannot be zipped tightly over the entire hull. Instead, a zipper from the bow and one from the stern will cover the hull but not the washbox. Use the straps with snap clasps that are attached to the cover to hold the cover in place everywhere; we don't want wind to get under the cover and lift the boat. If you take the double out, you will probably want to carry two heavy-duty slings from the boathouse to the rack, where you can get the double ready, remove the cover, adjust stretchers, etc. After your row, please return the slings to the boathouse. When lifting the boat, do NOT put all your pressure on the middle of the deck; like all boat decks, it is thin, flexible, and not designed to bear much load. Instead, curl your arm, and place the boat inside the curl. Whether the boat is upright or upside-down, this spreads the load to structural elements in the boat that can bear the weight (the stem and the gunwale (joint between deck and hull)). Two good places to lift are about 3 feet from the stern, and 3 feet from the bow. The boat is a "midweight", suitable for rowers in the range 140-180 lbs, but as with any boat, rowers over or under by 10 lbs will do fine. So rowers from 130 to 190 should be able to enjoy the boat. There is an adjustment that you may need to make to match the rowers' weights: the height of the oarlock. With lighter rowers, the boat will sit higher in the water, and the rigger will be higher off the water. So you'll want to adjust the oarlock to be lower on its pin to compensate. This is easily accomplished with the yellow "snap spacers" you'll find on each pin. If the spacers are below the oarlock, the oarlock is raised; if the spacers are above, the oarlock is lowered. And since there are four spacers, you can raise or lower the oarlock by 1, 2, 3, or 4 spacers. If the weights of the bow and stroke rowers are quite different, you may find that the oarlock height adjustments for the two rowers will differ. You may need to experiment to determine the spacer settings best for you and your partner. The key thing to observe is the height of the oar handle in the middle of the drive and recovery. Craig or I would be happy to counsel and assist. THE OUTDOOR RACK To accommodate the double, Craig and I had to move a boat on the outdoor rack; apologies. We also had to change the spacing between the two rack frames in order to accommodate the double's two riggers. Gary Pellisier, the marina owner, has asked us to move the rack to a slightly different spot, which we will do when the new spot is ready (it will be close to the current spot). This will entail removing all the boats from the rack, moving it, and then returning the boats to the rack. We will, of course, be very careful, but you will doubtless see subtle changes, e.g., how we have strapped your boat down. If you have any comments or complaints, please apply to Craig or Bob.

Yankee Rowers, A reminder: If you use the key to the boathouse door, please remember to put it back in the metal lock box and lock the box. Thanks very much. Best, Ernie

Thanks very much for your note, Mike. A reminder for everyone about the boathouse lockup routines: After using the key to open the main boathouse door, please remember to return the key to the metal lock box and then lock the key in the box. When someone is out rowing, the main door to the boathouse doesn't get locked: Please place the pink styrofoam bolster under middle of the main door and pull the door down so it rests on the bolster, leaving the door a few inches ajar--so it doesn't close all of the way and lock (and so it can be opened again without using key when returning from rowing). However, the last person on the water (you can tell by the log book) at whatever time of the day should close the main door all of the way down so that it locks. (And, then, the next person to arrive at the boathouse will unlock the lock box and use the key to open the door.) If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks very much. Best, Ernie On 2021-06-17 09:34, Mike Ippolito wrote: > Ernie, > > Yes, that was me that left the key on the desk this morning, of course > inadvertently. However the bigger issue is that when I arrived at 4:45 > am the key was in the box, but the lock was hanging on the box, not > locked up. We had some attempted theft last year so we all need to be > cognizant of locking up the boathouse AT THE END OF THE DAY. > > Mike > > On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 9:12 AM Ernie Alleva <elaCS@...> > wrote: > >> Yankee Rowers, >> >> A reminder: If you use the key to the boathouse door, please >> remember to >> put it back in the metal lock box and >> lock the box. Thanks very much. >> >> Best, >> Ernie > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] /g/yankeerowing/message/165 > [2] /mt/83603539/5183344 > [3] /g/yankeerowing/post > [4] /g/yankeerowing/editsub/5183344 > [5] > /g/yankeerowing/leave/9120727/5183344/1549667484/xyzzy

Earlier this year I indicated that Charles from Vespoli was going to deliver a midweight demo shell. I've decided I'm not going to pursue a shell this year. If anyone is interested in contacting Charles about a demo here is his contact information: chuthmaker@... Mike

Dear YRC members, Peter provided me with some new and beautiful pictures. You can take a look at them on our gallery page <http://galleryofreaders.org/yankeerowing/gallery/> Best, Moi

For Jamie. Info on FVRA rowing club in Simsbury/Farmington area. Sorry to send to the entire group.. I didn't have her direct email. Mike ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Katie Ouellette <keouellette@...> Date: Wed, May 19, 2021 at 8:52 AM Subject: FVRA Membership & Info To: Mike Ippolito <ippolito.mike@...> Cc: Ryan McMahon <pinnariyauyok@...> Hi Mike, I have attached a welcome book as well as our safety sheet/course map for you to review. I have also added you to our USRowing roster and your waiver is up to date. Let me know if you have any questions and we look forward to having you join us on the water, Katie

It's probably disingenuous to be circulating information about boats for sale when we're almost entirely out of rack space (the outdoor rack is essentially fully committed). But these are nearby, and I know and trust Erik. Bob Begin forwarded message: From: Erik Breiland <erik.breiland@...> Subject: Small Club Networking Group: singles for sale on row2k.com Date: June 24, 2021 at 7:30:54 AM EDT To: Small Club Networking Northeast <small-club-networking-northeast@...> Hi, I'm reaching out to the small club network in case someone is interested in a racing single. I would say that these two boats are better for personal ownership rather than a club purchasing them. It is just not as durable a boat as a Peinert and the foot stretchers are harder to adjust, but otherwise these are good boats despite their age. The boats are in Milton, VT and can be test rowed. I have some interest in both boats already, but no cash offer over the phone above asking price like the housing market has been. ;) Midweight: https://www.row2k.com/classifieds/index.cfm?listing=20540 Lightweight: https://www.row2k.com/classifieds/index.cfm?listing=20539 Thanks, Erik 978-837-8841

A seat pad was found in the river on Monday that I'm pretty sure was mine. It now has "YRC" written on it. Email me off list if you find it (efronhofer@...). Thanks! Elaine

Hay, Yankee rowers! It’s that time of year again…Sometime in the next week (or 2), I will be needing a couple of strong, athletic types, to help me get 200 bales of hay from Worthington into my barn in Westhampton (my truck/trailer). It’s hot, dirty work (and a REALLY good work out!) and depending on circumstances, may take 2-4 hours to do. Pay is $15/hour (and will be minimum of $50, regardless of time). I usually don’t know when it’ll take place, until I get a call from the hay guy the day before (sometimes, there’s more of a ‘heads up’.) If you are interested in lending a hand (or if you know of someone who is), please respond directly to my email (don’t reply to the list, please!) - Ferreejennifer@... or text me at 413-575-6493. Individuals must have their own transportation to Westhampton, and preferably, over 18 years old. Thank you all! Jenn

YRC Double Rowers: > To make it easier to take out > the double, we placed a pair of heavy-duty Green slings near the outdoor > rack, south of the Amherst boathouse. If you use those slings at the rack , it's easy to > take off the cover, fold it and hang it on the rack itself. Because > there are a lot of dogs running around on site, you'll want to keep > the cover off the ground. > On the way back up from the > water, you can stop at the YRC boathouse, wash and dry the boat, and then > take it to the Winn-Tech outside rack for covering. Because our cover has > straps with snap-ends all along the boat, this will keep it nicely > covered and protected. > Feel free to raise and lower the > oarlocks with the yellow bushings. Let me know if there are any > problems or questions. > Craig PS I would use caution on the river this week. Check the river height and current and avoid getting in serious trouble. C

Yankee Rowers, Just a follow-up to Craig's p.s. warning below regarding the river conditions: Due to all of the rain we've had the past few days, the river is unusually high/fast and quite dangerous right now. The club asks that members not row in club boats when the river flow speed on the Montague gauge is above 20 kcfs (20,000 cubic feet per second). The current river conditions are well above that now, around 43 kcfs: https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=box&gage=mntm3 The kcfs flow speed numbers are along the righthand side of the graph. (The stage/ft. numbers along the lefthand side are for the river water height.) The current flow speed/height measure is at the center of the graph. The blue dots/ line on the left half of the graph are the numbers for the past few days, and the maroon dots/line on the right half are a forecast for the next few days (based on the weather forecast). When the river is back down to safer levels will depend on the weather, but it will likely take at least several days. Please check the river flow speed regularly and exercise caution when rowing. Best, Ernie On 2021-07-18 18:44, zooey Schiff via groups.io wrote: > YRC Double Rowers: >> To make it easier to take out >> the double, we placed a pair of heavy-duty Green slings near the >> outdoor >> rack, south of the Amherst boathouse. If you use those slings at the >> rack , it's easy to >> take off the cover, fold it and hang it on the rack itself. Because >> there are a lot of dogs running around on site, you'll want to keep >> the cover off the ground. >> On the way back up from the >> water, you can stop at the YRC boathouse, wash and dry the boat, and >> then >> take it to the Winn-Tech outside rack for covering. Because our cover >> has >> straps with snap-ends all along the boat, this will keep it nicely >> covered and protected. >> Feel free to raise and lower the >> oarlocks with the yellow bushings. Let me know if there are any >> problems or questions. >> Craig > > PS I would use caution on the river this week. Check the river height > and current and avoid getting in serious trouble. > C > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] /g/yankeerowing/message/178 > [2] /mt/84304255/5183344 > [3] /g/yankeerowing/post > [4] /g/yankeerowing/editsub/5183344 > [5] > /g/yankeerowing/leave/9120727/5183344/1549667484/xyzzy

Yankee Rowers, Some of you may have noticed that there has been some water puddling near the toilet in the boathouse bathroom with the the shower in it. The marina management checked it out and they think that it's overflow from using the shower--either from the shower head, the shower basin, or the shower curtain. Those of you who use the shower, please use one of the green rugs on the floor next to the shower (and after using the rug, please hang it up on one of the towel racks in the bathroom so it dries out), and please clean up any water on the bathroom floor. Thanks very much. Best, Ernie

The heavy rain last night caused the river to go quite high/fast quickly, above a safe level: https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=box&gage=mntm3 The flow speed is the number along the righthand side of the graph. The upper limit for club boats is a flow of 20 kcfs. At 4:30 a.m. today, it was about 43 kcfs. Please wait for the flow to come back down before rowing. Best, Ernie

Some of you may be interested in participating in the Paper City Regatta 2021 on Saturday, Sept. 25, sponsored by Holyoke Rows. Here is a link with information about the event: https://www.holyokerows.org/paper-city-regatta.html Best, Ernie