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Coach and Coxswain Meeting
Officials Meeting: Friday, November 12 at the Boathouse, 6:00 pm.
The Coaches/Coxswains Meeting
is on Friday, November 12 upstairs inside the Boathouse at 7:00
pm.
NO SCRATCHES OR ADDITIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THIS MEETING.
LACK OF ATTENDANCE AT THE COACH AND COXSWAIN MEETING WILL BE VIEWED
AS ACCEPTANCE OF RULES OF COURSE.
Practice Schedule
The race course will be available for practice on Friday, November
12, from 12:00pm to 5:00 pm. Shells must be off water by 5:30 pm or
a penalty may be assessed. Practice is not allowed in the area below
start line. Marshals will be overseeing
practice to observe traffic pattern and safety. Please follow their
directions and be alert to course workers. Coaches and/or launches
will not be allowed on the Savannah River during practice.
Weigh-In
Weigh-In for lightweights will be held Friday, November
12th, from 4 pm to 7 pm and Saturday, November 13th ,
from 5:30 am to 10 am. Singles will be given preference
on Saturday morning weigh-ins. Shirts and shorts
must be worn. Only those not making weight Friday
night may change events; those not making weight on
Saturday morning will be scratched. Crews must arrive at
weigh-in at least two hours before launch time. All
lightweights must weigh in by 10 am on Saturday; Friday
weigh-ins are strongly encouraged.
There will be no boat weight averaging for lightweights.
Maximum weight for male rowers is 165.0 pounds.
Maximum weight for female rowers is 135.0 pounds.
There will be no weigh-in for coxswains.
Eligibility
NOTE: for exact definitions of “Youth”, “Novice”, “Club”, “Masters”, “Senior Masters”, “Veteran”, “Mixed”, “Champion”, and “Lightweight” see
Event Definitions.
a. There is no limit on the number of entries a given organization
may make.
b. Wherever relevant, the age of a contestant as of December 31,
2004, governs eligibility.
c. Except for Masters, Senior Masters, Veterans, and Single events,
the line-up of individual crew members need not be identified on the
entry form. If the line-up is identified, substitutions may be made.
Masters, Senior Masters, Veterans, and Singles entries must
specifically identify the line-up on the entry form. No
substitutions may be made in Masters, Senior Masters, or Veterans
events after November 10, 2004. No substitutions may be made in
Singles events at any time. Line-ups for all events must be
submitted at or before registration.
Event Seeding
At the entry closing date, events will
be seeded with complete and correct entries based on 2003 H.O.T.S.
results.
Bow Balls, Bow Marker Clips, and Heel Safety Ties
All boats must be equipped with bow marker clips
and bow balls. Any boats without a securely attached bow
ball will be declared unsafe and will not be permitted to
race. All equipment and apparel shall conform to USRA Rules of Rowing. Control
commission officials will monitor all launching boats. Particular
attention should be given to footgear quick release.
Bow number clips and bow balls will be
on sale at the site and installation will be the responsibility of
the competitor.
Bow Markers
Registrants will be furnished number plates only.
Please return all number plates to return dock or Regatta
Headquarters. Crews not returning numbers will be assessed a $5 fee
per number.
Penalties
A 20 second penalty will be assessed for being late to start.
A 30 second penalty will be assessed for incorrectly passing or
"cutting" a buoy. This occurs when the shell passes on the improper
side of the buoy.
A 60 second penalty will be assessed
for starting without the a bow marker.
A 30 second penalty will be assessed
for failing to yield the right-of-way to a faster crew.
A 10 second penalty will be assessed for starting out of order.
Protests
All
protests must be
indicated on the water immediately following the finish of a race to
an Official before the crew leaves the finish area. When a crew
leaves the finish area, they forfeit the right to file a protest.
Each protest must be filed in writing within 30 minutes of the last
boat crossing the finish line for the race in question. A fee
of $ 25.00 in cash must accompany each protest. Protests are
to be taken to Registration Building or the Chief Referee. Each
protest will be considered by a Jury of Licensed Officials. All race
results become official 45 minutes after the last boat in each event
crosses the finish providing no protests have been made.
Right of Way / P assing
I n accordance with USRA Rules: A crew is deemed to be overtaking another crew
when it has moved to within one length of open water of the crew
ahead. On those portions of the course that are straight, a crew
being overtaken shall move to the right and allow the overtaking
crew to pass. Where the course turns, a crew being overtaken shall
move to the outside of the turn and allow the overtaking crew to
pass along the shorter path. Nevertheless, passing is not allowed,
nor is the crew being overtaken required to yield, in cases where
the overtaking crew’s position clearly prevents safe passage or
where there is insufficient room to yield.
Failure to yield will result in a 30 second penalty. Passing between
designated bridge spans is at your own risk.
The Course
The race is rowed upstream over a 2.8
mile course on the Savannah River. Please view the
2004 Map.
Crews must launch from the launching dock and proceed
downstream along the Georgia shore approximately 2 miles to the
starting line. You will be directed by course marshals into the
starting chute along the South Carolina half of the river. The
course will be identified at each mile with a marker and the boundaries of
the course will be between the course buoys and the South Carolina
shore. Racing will continue past the launch area and will finish
before the US Hwy 1 Bridge. Please row 100 meters past the finish
line and turn your crew toward the Georgia shore and return to the
assigned take-out dock. Marshals will be stationed at key points to
insure safety and to control traffic. Monitors will be stationed along
the course to monitor the race.
Boats proceeding to
the start must not impede racing, nor cross the course at any point.
Violators face disqualification or exclusion. Each entrant will be
responsible for arriving at the starting line five minutes prior to
scheduled starting time. Entrants will start at 12-15 second
intervals. The start will be in sequence of bow markers. Boats
arriving more than 30 seconds after the last entrant has started
will not be allowed to race. No racing starts or full pressure
strokes are permitted, in any direction, in the marshaling area.
Launch and
Return Docks
The dock master shall control all launching of shells.
4+, 4X, and 8+ shells will launch from the dock nearest the Regatta Headquarters building. 4+, 4X, and 8+
shells will return to the dock nearest the Augusta Rowing Club boathouse. 1X, 2-, and 2X
shells will launch and return from a third dock near the warehouse building downstream from the Regatta Headquarters building.
First Call
First call
for each event is 75 minutes before the official start time of the
event. The second and final call will be 45 minutes
before start.
Hot Seating
Crews wishing to
“hot-seat” shall notify the dock master
on the return dock prior
to launching. Hot-seating shall be accomplished on the return dock
only. A Hot Seat card will be issued to each crew wishing to hot
seat. The coxswain must alert officials on the water and dock
by holding the card over their heads.
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