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Rowing Boat Pre-Outing Safety Check
A free printable rowing boat safety check: hull, fin, bow ball and buoyancy, then heel restraints, slides, riggers, gates and blades ticked seat by seat.
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What this sheet is for
Find a missing bow ball, a loose rigger or a broken heel restraint at the rack, not afloat. Faults go to the boat captain before the crew boats.
Who it is for
Rowing clubs, coaches, coxes and crews, and school and university boat clubs.
How to use it
- Fill the header and look at the conditions before the boat comes off the rack.
- Tick the whole-boat checks, then go seat by seat from bow to stroke.
- Cross out the seats the boat does not have.
- Write any fault at the foot of the sheet and tell the boat captain before the crew boats.
- When the boat comes back in, note the time and any new damage.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: Ticked for one boat before it goes afloat: the whole boat first, then each seat from bow to stroke, with any fault written down and passed to the boat captain before the crew boats.
Write-on lines: Date · Boat · Type (1x, 2-, 4+, 8+) · Crew or coach · Time out · Conditions as observed · Lights needed? Y / N · Checked by
Whole boat — tick when right; write any fault at the foot of the sheet
- Hull: no cracks, holes or soft spots
- Fin fitted, straight and secure
- Bow ball fitted and secure
- Buoyancy compartments sealed
- Hatch covers and bungs in place
- Rudder moves freely, lines run clear
- Cox seat and steering secure, if coxed
- Crew weight within the builder's label
- Lights fitted and working, if needed
- No loose fixings or missing nuts
Seat by seat — cross out the seats this boat does not have
Also printed: Check · Bow · Stroke · Heel restraints fitted; each foot comes free · Footplate secure; shoes not split or loose · Seat runs freely; slides fixed down · Rigger bolts and backstay tight · Pin and swivel sound; gate shut and done up · Blades: shaft and spoon not cracked · Buttons and sleeves tight and in place
Write-on lines: Faults found: seat, part, what · Told to · When · Fit to go out? Y / N · Signed · Back in at · New damage on return
Questions
Why is no crew weight or rig measurement printed?
Each boat's crew weight range is on the builder's label, and rig figures belong to the boat and the coach. The sheet asks you to check them against the boat, not against a number from us.
What are heel restraints for?
They let each foot come free of its shoe if the boat capsizes. Check they are fitted and tied as the boat's maker and your club require, and check the rules where you row.
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