Club Safety Officer
Ben Barker
River Height Ironbridge Monitoring Station
Note that a tide in excess of 3.5m will
come over the weir and may cause
problems with debris.
Outing Risk Assessment Form
Please complete before EVERY outing.
Internal incident and damage reporting form
RCRC Swim and Capsize procedure
Weather
Please be considerate when rowing past Sandy Lane when the Sailing Club are on the water, we share the river. Please coaches, no megaphones between the Red House and the Groves.
SAFETY UPDATE
Dry Robes
Dry Robes are seeing increasing use in rowing including coxes wearing them in boats. The weight of the Dry Robe when wet would render a life jacket ineffective and so Dry Robes should not be worn in boats.
Lifejackets
There are different types of lifejackets – manual (yellow toggle) which may be used in bow loading boats and automatic (red toggle) which should never be used in bow loading boats. Please make sure you wear the lifejacket appropriate for the boat that you are in.
Our Safety Officer has recently seen a lifejacket being used as a seat cushion, this should not happen, please only use lifejackets for their intended purpose.
Lifejackets must be the top layer i.e. should be worn on top of clothing.
