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Rules of Rowing
USRA Racing Rules
USRowing racing rules will apply. Manuals are available from USRowing. Please familiarize yourself with these rules before attending the coaches/coxswain meeting. The regatta committee will not discuss rules of racing at this meeting.
One person from each team is expected to attend the meeting as course safety, last minute rule changes, flights, and start times will be discussed. Attendance will be checked.
Schedule of Events
A final heat sheet schedule will be issued during the Coaches and Coxswains’ meeting on Friday
evening, April 4, 2008. There will be two calls to launch prior to each event and launch officials at the
launch docks will make every effort to launch boats on time. Coaches and coxswains should be ready to
launch 45 minutes prior the scheduled time of their event.
Traffic Pattern
The traffic pattern within the launching embayment will be clockwise. Proceed off the launching docks toward the marina slips and then proceed out of the embayment keeping to your port side, closest to the shore. There will be a marshal on land at the point as you enter the course, please take directions from this crossing marshal before crossing the course. Go straight across the course, race traffic permitting, and keep your starboard side closest to the far shore. Maintain single file past the racecourse. Competitors may proceed up stream past the railroad bridge for practice. However, competitors must be below the railroad bridge and within hailing distance of the marshall 15 minutes before race time.
Practice Session
The course is open for practice on Friday, April 4th from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. For safety purposes, no
boats shall be allowed to launch before 3 p.m. or after 5:00 p.m. All crews must be off the water no later than
5:30 p.m. During practice, the race day traffic patterns will apply throughout the course.
Bow Numbers
Bow numbers for each boat will be required. It will be your responsibility to supply your own bow numbers. If a team does not have their own bow number, the organizing committee will make them available to you after receiving a refundable deposit of $5.00 per number. Crews will not be allowed on the water without a bow number. No racing shell will be allowed to race or practice without a bow ball.
Foot Gear Release
Where the feet of the competitor are held by footgear affixed to the stretcher of the boat, the design of such footgear shall provide for the quick release of the competitors feet, without the use of hands, in case of a boat capsize. Such design may consist of Velcro or pull strings at the heels.
All boats will be checked for such appropriate footgear. If such footgear is not present at all seats that boat will not be launched. The checking of the boats will occur immediately prior to launch. All boats, even if they row in multiple races, will be checked prior to each race.
Weigh-Ins
Lightweight men and lightweight women will be required to weigh-in on Friday, April 4, 2008 from 3:00 PM
to 6:00 PM or Saturday, April 5, 2008 from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM. Rowers must wear racing uniforms at
the weigh-in.
• College lightweight women 130 lbs. maximum
• College lightweight men Average 155 lbs. with no one rower more than 160 lbs.
• Junior lightweight women 130 lbs. maximum
• Junior lightweight men 155 lbs. maximum
• The coxswains shall not be counted for the purpose of this rule.
Calling Events
Crews will be called to launch by the dockmaster. First call will be forty five minutes prior to the scheduled race time. No crews will be allowed on the water before being called or for additional practice on the day of the race.
The Start
The regatta marshals and USRowing referees will be positioned in launches and in the starting area for the purpose of organizing participating crews above the start and getting the competitors into the proper starting order and time interval. Please listen to the directions of the officials. All oars must accompany boats to the launch area.
Crews shall be responsible for maintaining their proper order, for maintaining the proper interval between themselves and other crews, and for positioning/staging in the start area.
The race will begin from the start deck with stake boat holders at each lane position. The USRowing referee start official will call crews to the start approximately five minutes prior to the start. All crews not currently involved in the staging of the start of the next race shall yield to crews being summoned to the start by the USRowing official. Interference with the staging of the start may result in a penalty. Crews must be attached to their starting position at least 2 minutes prior to the scheduled start of their race.
If racing is delayed, the USRowing Judge Referee at the start shall provide for a sufficient amount of time between events so that crews in different events do not overlap at the finish line.
The Finish
After crossing the finish line, crews shall return to the embayment on the roadside of the river (keep the port side to the bank.) Returning crews should yield to and avoid interfering with the launching crews.
Protests
Intent to file a protest must be indicated on the water immediately following the finish of a race. The protest must be made to a USRowing official before the crew leaves the area between the finish tower and embayment. After a crew returns to the embayment area, all right to protest is waived.
The regatta will consider a protest from the coach or coaching representative (only one coach/coaching representative per protest is allowed) per USRowing rules at a fee of $25.00. The protest must be filed with the Regatta Director and the fee paid within 45 minutes of the finish of the race in question. The Regatta Jury will consider appeals from crews who have been assessed a penalty.
Hot Seating
Hot seating must be arranged with the dockmaster. Hot seating boats will not be allowed to launch later than 45 minutes before the start of their scheduled race. Events will not be delayed to permit re-rigging of shells.
2 nd Varsity Events
You must have an entry in the equivalent championship event (#s 1 through 8) before entering in the corresponding 2 nd Varsity event (#s 25 through 32).
Number of Entries
Teams may enter only one boat in the Championship varsity events. All other events will permit two entries per event per team. Each event must have a minimum of two entries to constitute a race.
Apparel
All race participants must wear one type of representative rowing uniform.
Regatta Day Phone Numbers
404-664-6317
678-458-0370
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE NOT PERMITTED AT THE REGATTA SITE OR VENUE
GROUNDS AND ARE STRICTLY FORBIDDEN DURING REGATTA.
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