LUNA-TICS TEAM ROOM: Year-round "Looney" fun.
Re: Crabs
Courtesy of Darryl's diary, I now understand the difference between catching crabs that I had vaguely imagined would be saved for dinner ...
... and a rowing error! Got it.
As far as smoke from the wild fires ... I don't think I need to be a part of any virtual rowing-to-Beijing effort ... it's like I'm already there! (Similar feel to air quality and visibility ... you can chew on the air, and visibility borders on the definition of a sandstorm.)
TGIF
Chris
... and a rowing error! Got it.
As far as smoke from the wild fires ... I don't think I need to be a part of any virtual rowing-to-Beijing effort ... it's like I'm already there! (Similar feel to air quality and visibility ... you can chew on the air, and visibility borders on the definition of a sandstorm.)
TGIF
Chris
All In A Day's ERG: Team Progress Thru 6.26.08
Just two more weeks in a cast, Mary! Hope recovery is going well!
Season meters as of 57/365 = 7,821,670 m!
Total meters on the day = 93,217 m
26 percent of our oars were in the water....and at least one set (Darryl) on the water!
MILESTONES:
800K Chris
400K Peter G
Half Marathon - Dan
Million Meter Watch:
Dan with 44,825 m to go!
Barbara with 63,863 m to go!
And thanks to today's rowers for propelling us forward:
Dan 21,097 m
Barbara 12,018 m
Chris 12,000 m
Mitch 11,064 m
Tony 7,777 (time for you to go to Vegas!)
Pat 7,568 m
Rowin 7,565 m
Steven 7,127 m
Peter G 7,000 m
Great rowing by all!
Rowing crabbing youTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4_lwp8T ... re=related
Looks like this crabbing business might get you thrown out of the boat!
Looks like this crabbing business might get you thrown out of the boat!
yes, it most certainly can get you catapulted out of the boat. Then not only are you in the drink, you've just DQ'd your team from the race. A boat must have all 9 in it when it crosses the finish line. Cox'ns were known to jump out of the boat at the last minute, to make their team lighter!
Crabbing is caused by unsteady hands on the recovery, look at this video and see how the stroke's blade is all over the place. especially at the catch, it's much higher than the #2 rower. This is called 'skying the blade, and it usually results in a crab. To prevent crabs, keep your hands on a level plane during the stroke and the recovery, just like on the Erg, it's out and back, not an oval.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=wiWD17hbs ... re=related
Crabbing is caused by unsteady hands on the recovery, look at this video and see how the stroke's blade is all over the place. especially at the catch, it's much higher than the #2 rower. This is called 'skying the blade, and it usually results in a crab. To prevent crabs, keep your hands on a level plane during the stroke and the recovery, just like on the Erg, it's out and back, not an oval.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=wiWD17hbs ... re=related
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Lesson #8 - Last one!
Jan & Gina - Great youTube's on crabbing! Enjoyed them very much. Oops. Another one bites the dust....
I wasn't sure if I'd make it to my last class or not yesterday. It was National Canoe Day in Canada and my bride wanted to celebrate it (we live close enough to the border and we are often pegged as Ontario residents from our accent anyway). So we loaded up the tandem river canoe in the morning and floated a nine mile stretch of a rocky class 1 river nearby and had a fun time. But we did get back about 4PM, in time for me to head to class.
My side kick Tim was there, and we were again paired in the same quad hull with a female classmate as our stroke (first timer as stroke) and our bow and coach was a veteran rower of 30 years, another guy about my age and size. There was an 8" chop out on the bay, enough to be cautious about and there were a few vessels arriving and departing from their loading docks. Our coach was nervous enough about the 16" or so swells from the vessel traffic plus the wind chop that he would stop us rowing and position the bow into the swells to ride them through. Our instructor was in the powerboat (rescue boat). We started off well enough to get out a ways and away from the half dozen or so rowing boats out. First thing the coach said was ease off on the stroke, this was practice not a race. Then our coach wanted to know if the steering mechanism worked on this boat. He tried it said it seemed to. On our next row we arched badly to port side. I tried putting more power on the port oar, but that didn't help. Then we all put more power on the port oars and that didn't help. We were literally rowing in a huge counterclockwise circle. Our instructor came over and watched each of us row individually and then in unison, and said it had to be the boat. So for the next 45 minutes we practiced technique, staying in unison, did a pretty good job of avoiding crabs in the chop, stopped to take on the big swells, and rowed around and around in big circles. It was interesting coming back west to the dock, and always arching out away from shore. Time to stop and lillydip with the port oar again to bring the boat back on course! We got to the dock, shouldered the boat, and carried it in the boathouse. There we saw the skeg / rudder broken on the front mount and almost perpendicular to the hull. So it was less than a stellar outting for us, but it was obviously an equipment problem rather than our crew.
I've had an interesting time with my learning to row class. There certainly are value added things to consider over indoor rowing workouts on a C2; including teamwork, practicing to get better, social aspects, balance, coordination, and the sights and sounds of being on the water. I'm undecided whether I'll pursue the Duluth Rowing Club any further, but I think I am now brave enough to get in a long lean single scull and see what happens. So you never know... I hope that all of you that have the opportunity to try rowing on water do so. Give it a try sometime as a change of pace. Darryl
Jan & Gina - Great youTube's on crabbing! Enjoyed them very much. Oops. Another one bites the dust....
I wasn't sure if I'd make it to my last class or not yesterday. It was National Canoe Day in Canada and my bride wanted to celebrate it (we live close enough to the border and we are often pegged as Ontario residents from our accent anyway). So we loaded up the tandem river canoe in the morning and floated a nine mile stretch of a rocky class 1 river nearby and had a fun time. But we did get back about 4PM, in time for me to head to class.
My side kick Tim was there, and we were again paired in the same quad hull with a female classmate as our stroke (first timer as stroke) and our bow and coach was a veteran rower of 30 years, another guy about my age and size. There was an 8" chop out on the bay, enough to be cautious about and there were a few vessels arriving and departing from their loading docks. Our coach was nervous enough about the 16" or so swells from the vessel traffic plus the wind chop that he would stop us rowing and position the bow into the swells to ride them through. Our instructor was in the powerboat (rescue boat). We started off well enough to get out a ways and away from the half dozen or so rowing boats out. First thing the coach said was ease off on the stroke, this was practice not a race. Then our coach wanted to know if the steering mechanism worked on this boat. He tried it said it seemed to. On our next row we arched badly to port side. I tried putting more power on the port oar, but that didn't help. Then we all put more power on the port oars and that didn't help. We were literally rowing in a huge counterclockwise circle. Our instructor came over and watched each of us row individually and then in unison, and said it had to be the boat. So for the next 45 minutes we practiced technique, staying in unison, did a pretty good job of avoiding crabs in the chop, stopped to take on the big swells, and rowed around and around in big circles. It was interesting coming back west to the dock, and always arching out away from shore. Time to stop and lillydip with the port oar again to bring the boat back on course! We got to the dock, shouldered the boat, and carried it in the boathouse. There we saw the skeg / rudder broken on the front mount and almost perpendicular to the hull. So it was less than a stellar outting for us, but it was obviously an equipment problem rather than our crew.
I've had an interesting time with my learning to row class. There certainly are value added things to consider over indoor rowing workouts on a C2; including teamwork, practicing to get better, social aspects, balance, coordination, and the sights and sounds of being on the water. I'm undecided whether I'll pursue the Duluth Rowing Club any further, but I think I am now brave enough to get in a long lean single scull and see what happens. So you never know... I hope that all of you that have the opportunity to try rowing on water do so. Give it a try sometime as a change of pace. Darryl
All In A Day's ERG: Team Progress Thru 6.27.08
We're teetering on the brink of many milestones on this team! Must be the influence of "the Dark Side" of the moon!
Season meters as of 58/365 = 7,986,573 m (teetering towards 8 MM)!
Total meters on the day = 164,903 m (Fridays are USUALLY our lowest meter days....not so this time!)
41 percent of our oars are in the water! Incredible participation! Woohoo! What's in the water!!!??
MILESTONES:
Half Marathons: Barbara, Dan and Kapn Kristine!
100K - Kristine
Million Meter Watch: It's down to the wire! Who will cross the 1 MM mark first??
Dan with 23,725 m to go!
Barbara with 38,329 m to go!
And thanks to today's rowers for moving us further into the asteroid belt:
Barbara 25,537 m
Dan 21,100 m
Kristine 21,097 m
Rodrigo 16,110 m
Darryl 14,355 m
Mitch 11,024 m (getting close to that next milestone!)
Chris 10,000 m
Tony 7,779 m (numbers still look good for Vegas!)
Pat 7,219 m - getting close to that next milestone!
Steven 7,112 m
AJ 7,089 m (and he emerges from whatever work he is doing in the backyard....perhaps due to smoke....and returns to the erg!)
Peter G 7,000
Tina 5,119 m
Betsy 4,365 m
Well done by all!
Rowing Lessons
Darryl,
Thanks for the Moose Chronicles. They were very entertaining and informative. It sounds like you made major strides during your lessons. But, then I'd expect nothing less from a Minnesotan Canoeist. Row on!
I have gone to learn to row days before and went out in an 8 and a double, it was not as easy as it looked. I say went out because I wouldn't call what we did rowing. I got into a single one time and almost turned turtle with two people holding the boat. At that point I decide common sense would be the better part of valor and got out. There was a point to this when I started but now can not remember what is was. Oh, well.
Dan
Thanks for the Moose Chronicles. They were very entertaining and informative. It sounds like you made major strides during your lessons. But, then I'd expect nothing less from a Minnesotan Canoeist. Row on!
I have gone to learn to row days before and went out in an 8 and a double, it was not as easy as it looked. I say went out because I wouldn't call what we did rowing. I got into a single one time and almost turned turtle with two people holding the boat. At that point I decide common sense would be the better part of valor and got out. There was a point to this when I started but now can not remember what is was. Oh, well.
Dan
Congrats to Dan! Our first meter millionaire 2009!
Congrats to Dan - he's our first meter millionaire for the 2009 rowing season!
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Thanks Barb, Jan and Capt K.
Barb, are you going to finish tomorrow before you start marathon training? You have been rowing extra hard way to go!
I think tomorrow is a day of R&R. I've got a birthday coming up on 2 weeks and everyone is telling me I need to slow down. I say no way Jose. Trying to make 185 lbs by July 11. The only problem is the beers keep getting in the way. I need a Lo-Cal Lo-Carb beer that tastes great.
Next goal 7 mill life time.
Dan
Barb, are you going to finish tomorrow before you start marathon training? You have been rowing extra hard way to go!
I think tomorrow is a day of R&R. I've got a birthday coming up on 2 weeks and everyone is telling me I need to slow down. I say no way Jose. Trying to make 185 lbs by July 11. The only problem is the beers keep getting in the way. I need a Lo-Cal Lo-Carb beer that tastes great.
Next goal 7 mill life time.
Dan
Re: Congrats to Dan! Our first meter millionaire 2009!
Kona2 wrote:Congrats to Dan - he's our first meter millionaire for the 2009 rowing season!
Inspiring numbers, Dan.
That ant about says it all!
Chris
Re: Congrats to Dan! Our first meter millionaire 2009!
If it weren't for you and AJ steppin' up I might have started slacking off. Can't forget Barb she is a real work horse. This really is a team effort. One pushing and several leading. What ever that means.just27 wrote:Kona2 wrote:Congrats to Dan - he's our first meter millionaire for the 2009 rowing season!
Inspiring numbers, Dan.
That ant about says it all!
Chris
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Re: Congrats to Dan! Our first meter millionaire 2009!
Congratulations on the million meter mark Dan!Kona2 wrote:Congrats to Dan - he's our first meter millionaire for the 2009 rowing season!
Rowing! Rowing! Rowing!
Keep that Concept going!
Darryl