Sad Day

Well, I suppose we were due for some less-than-great luck after so many things have been going so well. The winds from a few days ago unfortunately blew one of our 8's off the top rack of our outside home. The 8 that blew off not only was damaged, but it hit another boat on it's way down, and also damaged that 8 as well...and the rack the second 8 was sitting on.

We've made it a point to be sure that all of our equipment is being strapped down correctly and tight enough, and we're all going to make sure that we take a second to double check things as we wrap up after practice.

While this is very unfortunate, we do have 3 other boats to row and our season is just a few more weeks. We'll be fine, and eventually so will our boats. I know a couple of great repairmen!

Note to all of you rowers out there - remember to take a second and care for your equipment that you rely on to be there for you...or it won't be.