Rower Safety Your safety and the safety of your fellow rowers is your personal responsibility. This section describes the actions you must take and the considerations you should give to rowing safely. Rowing is a water sport with inherent dangers; you should always exercise caution when choosing where to row, under what conditions to row, and what equipment to use. Use of Rowing Equipment - To row club equipment or your personal equipment stored in the boathouse and launched from club facilities you must: Pass a float test to use any equipment. (Contact LWRC Office for details on the float test.) Have passed Learn-to-Row or demonstrated proficiency to a Club Captain to use open water singles, club singles, or double. (Contact the Club Captains or the LWRC Office to schedule a flip test.) Have passed a flip test to row any single, double or pair boat. (Contact the Club Captains or the LWRC Office to schedule a flip test.) Only row equipment you are approved to row. Sign-out all equipment (including personal equipment) in the boat log. This log is located at the desk downstairs in the boathouse. Sign-in after returning from rowing. Rowing Course - To row from the LWRC docks you must be familiar with the waterway and accepted traffic patterns. Review the map of the waterways showing the accepted traffic patterns. (See map posted downstairs above sink) Review the location of boat ramps and other places where you can leave the water if necessary along the course you intend to row. At all times practice rowing with the starboard side along the shore. Always avoid rowing towards the center of a waterway unless overtaking or racing with another boat. Rowing Conditions - To row from the LWRC docks you must observe and be responsive to conditions and traffic on the waterway. Exercise extreme caution when rowing into Lake Union or towards Portage Bay in windy or threatening conditions. You may not row in dark or low light conditions without attaching a bright white stern light and a bright red/green bow light to your boat. If one of your lights fails to operate or you lose the light, you must immediately return to the club.
Rower Safety Your safety and the safety of your fellow rowers is your personal responsibility. This section describes the actions you must take and the considerations you should give to rowing safely. Rowing is a water sport with inherent dangers; you should always exercise caution when choosing where to row, under what conditions to row, and what equipment to use. Use of Rowing Equipment - To row club equipment or your personal equipment stored in the boathouse and launched from club facilities you must: Pass a float test to use any equipment. (Contact LWRC Office for details on the float test.) Have passed Learn-to-Row or demonstrated proficiency to a Club Captain to use open water singles, club singles, or double. (Contact the Club Captains or the LWRC Office to schedule a flip test.) Have passed a flip test to row any single, double or pair boat. (Contact the Club Captains or the LWRC Office to schedule a flip test.) Only row equipment you are approved to row. Sign-out all equipment (including personal equipment) in the boat log. This log is located at the desk downstairs in the boathouse. Sign-in after returning from rowing. Rowing Course - To row from the LWRC docks you must be familiar with the waterway and accepted traffic patterns. Review the map of the waterways showing the accepted traffic patterns. (See map posted downstairs above sink) Review the location of boat ramps and other places where you can leave the water if necessary along the course you intend to row. At all times practice rowing with the starboard side along the shore. Always avoid rowing towards the center of a waterway unless overtaking or racing with another boat. Rowing Conditions - To row from the LWRC docks you must observe and be responsive to conditions and traffic on the waterway. Exercise extreme caution when rowing into Lake Union or towards Portage Bay in windy or threatening conditions. You may not row in dark or low light conditions without attaching a bright white stern light and a bright red/green bow light to your boat. If one of your lights fails to operate or you lose the light, you must immediately return to the club.