Buying a new boat
Exciting times – how to find the boat that’s right for you. Top items to check from budget to accessories. PLUS bonus – how to test a boat on the water. Timestamps 01:15 Buying brand new – start with your rowing plans? What will you use it for? – Recreation – High performance shell – […]
Rowing boat damage and repair
Boats break, crews crash but it’s not always terminal. What you can do to maintain rowing boats yourselves, keep costs low and how to find good rowing boat repairers. Timestamps 02:00 Rowing Boat damage – goal is to minimise. Causes of boat damage. – Handling the boat in/out of the boathouse. – Steering and not […]
Steering a buoyed course
18:30 Racing is happening – do you need to improve your steering before the big day? Join us Timestamps 01:30 Steering a buoyed course – there are hazards you must overcome. Kim Brennan’s Rio Olympics final – she gets moved by wind and her oar goes over the buoy line. It could have cost her […]
Improve your race preparation
Learn from each event you do so that you can personalise your pre-race preparation. Timestamps 01:00 Pre-race checklists – how to prepare before the regatta and how to improve through the season. Ritual of things to do to get ready for competition. One day before, get everything you need together. Add elements of structure by […]
Getting in and out of a single scull
Nobody wants to look like a lump clumbering around. So what’s the best way to get into a single? And how can you adapt that if your mobility isn’t what it once was? Timestamps 01:00 Single sculls – how to feel safe getting in and out. 02:45 The basic method demonstrated Nathan Benderson Park – […]
Rowing a pair
Pair oar boats are fun and a huge challenge. We discuss what you should do when trying a pair for the first time and what makes pairs go fast. Timestamps 03:00 set up the rig correctly – handle at the right position – release at the same place – oar handle height. Set up to […]
James Thompson World Masters Rowing Regatta 2023
James talks about the South African hosts of the World Masters Regatta 2023. He runs the venue services team for what may be the only African World Rowing Regatta for a while. 02:25 Roodeplaat Dam is 65 minutes from Johannesburg and 40 minutes from Pretoria. It’s close to the OR Tambo airport. It’s the venue […]
Toe steering a race from bow
Steering is hard to get perfect. Learn the key issues as we get ready for racing season. – positioning the foot – roles in the boat – how to steer and how much Timestamps 01:00 Who steers – bow or stroke? Considerations – bow for head races, stroke for a straight, buoyed lane course. 02:15 […]
Get a horizontal drive
Going deep is a common technique issue, as is “corrugating” through the drive where the blade goes deeper and shallower. In this podcast Marlene and Rebecca discuss how to get a horizontal drive in the rowing and sculling stroke. Timestamps Horizontal Drive – what is a horizontal drive? 02:00 Why it matters? Stroke length is […]
12 tips for teaching learn to row
Things you wish you’d been told or learned earlier before teaching learn to row. You’ll never stop learning because this is rowing – it’s normal! Timestamps 03:00 Marlene’s first learn to row class 1982 07:30 Use lifting a box to demonstrate the stroke sequence. 09:00 Port is on the right. Port wine is red, red […]