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Category Archives: New Ideas
Accidents Hospitalize Student Rowers
During the last week of April and the first week of May, two separate rowing accidents were reported to have hospitalized scholastic rowers in New York and Connecticut. If you want to learn more about these accidents, the first place … Continue reading
Subject: Throwable PFDs
In a recent discussion about rescue procedures with a collegiate coach it was suggested that throwable PFDs make more sense than the ubiquitous, orange Type II PFDs more commonly stuffed into storage bags on launches.* As he correctly pointed out, … Continue reading
“cold water rowing is completely safe”
Several comments were received defending the policies I criticized in the February 1st posting on USRowing’s Cold Water Safety Tips. Let me summarize those comments. 1. Rowing on cold water is, or can be, completely safe, assuming appropriate precautions are … Continue reading
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