Painting Oars & Scheduling Coaches

Okay, so sanding oars is NOT what it's cracked up to be. Sanding all the way down to get the old paint off was taking FOREVER. So we decided to just sand them to an even touch. Great. Went a lot faster. However...when we primed them, the paint beneath began to peel up. So we tried to sand again and re-prime. No bueno. We tried spray painting the oars that looked good with the primer and I'm thinking that spray paint ain't the way to go. It looks too much like spray painted oars and not high quality. So we're going to try sanding all the way down again, and then using brush paint. WISH US LUCK!! Thank Gawd for Will Mahoney, his power sanders, and his great attitude.

Then, we had a great coaches meeting and figured out who will coach what programs for the August sessions. It's looking like we could really have a great coaching staff of not only good coaches, but fun ones at that. Bridget may have a job offer in the DC area which would be great for her but sad for us, but she'll be with us for a few weeks. While I wish her the best in her career aspirations, I kinda hope she doesn't take the job in DC and finds a job here instead. Either way, we're shaping up well for coaching staff!