Schuylkill Banks Regatta

Saturday, October 22, 2005

Regatta schedule - revised October 19.

  • Several minor changes as a result of scratches. Most race times have advanced 5 to 10 minutes.
  • High school eights redrawn based on Navy Day Regatta results.
  • Bridge traffic diagram posted. Print it and give copies to coaches and coxswains.
  • Second coaches and coxswains meeting added at 10 am. So, if you don't have an early race, you can sleep in.
  • Don't forget: Bring boat slings and a 5 gallon gas can.
Before we get to the regatta schedule, a few important items. Please take a moment to read this:
  • The course will be open for practice on Friday, Oct. 21, 2 pm to 6 pm (dusk).
  • There will be a boat tour of the race course on Friday, Oct. 21, at 5 pm. The boat holds 80 people and has a bar. Email Molly Konopka to reserve a spot. You must arrive no later than 4:30 pm to get a spot.
  • Coaches and coxswains meeting at 8 am and again at 10 am Saturday. You can attend either one.
  • If you are bringing a boat trailer, go to Botanic Avenue, not Bartram's Garden. The two are adjacent to one another, but the directions are a little different.
  • We will have security at Botanic Avenue and Bartram's Garden starting at 2 pm Friday, thru the end of the regatta.
  • Bring boat slings. It is a short walk from the trailer area to the launch dock and you may want to stage your boat there (there is plenty of room) before you launch.
  • Bring a 5 gallon gas can. We'll need to borrow a few for motorboat gas.
  • Free food - Continental breakfast from 8 to 11 am and lunch from 11 am to 2 pm. One meal (not one breakfast and one lunch) per competitor. Pick up a ticket when you pick up your T-shirt at the Bartram's Garden admin building at the top of the hill any time Saturday. Each athlete and coach must pick up his or her own ticket. Coaches cannot pick them up for the whole team.
  • Lane 1 is the green lane and rows on the east side. Lane 2 is the blue lane and rows more towards the center.
  • Lane 3 - Several events have a boat racing in "lane 3". There is no lane 3. Boat assigned to lane 3 will start 30 seconds after the first two boats and will race in the green lane (east side). If lane 3 overtakes either boat, lane 3 will pass in the other lane: If passing the green (east side) lane, pass in the blue lane. If passing the blue lane, pass in the green lane.
  • We still need signed waivers for most athletes. Check when you pick-up your T-shirt and sign a waiver if you have not already.
  • Free trolley service from finish to Bartram's Garden and back, leaving every 30 minutes. 10 minute walk from Boathouse Row to finihs, then catch the trolley.
Thanks - and now, here is the first ever Schuylkill Banks Regatta schedule.

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