NEREID NEWS

13 November 2009

 

Sprint Scrimmage Saturday

More Race Results

Painting Continues Sunday

Date Change on Holiday Fete

Surprise on Monterey Bay

New boat names

Rowing in the cold and dark

 

SPRINT SCRIMMAGE SATURDAY
Please join in the fun at Nereid Saturday at 8am for the first annual fall (impromtu) 1x sprint races. Three boats will go off at a time, starting at the 550 docks and finishing at Nereid (approximately 500m). We will rotate boats so that people can race multiple times. Rowers of all levels are welcome! To indicate your interest, email David Dowd at dowdda@comcast.net. Rumor has it that either pancakes or burgers will be served.

MORE RACE RESULTS

 

Congrats to Nereid Juniors and their Coach Boris Roque Alvarez for an outstanding performance at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta on October 24th and 25th. Among the great finishes were: Leila and Julia Pikus with a third place in the junior 2x; Maggie McCrudden with third place in the junior 1x; Mary Hamilton with 17th in the junior 1x and Pikus/Pikus/Hamilton/McCrudden with 10th in the junior 4x. Well done!

Congrats also to Marc Monplaisir for a 2nd place finish in the Men's Master's 8+ at the Head of the Fish!

 

Please remember to send race results to nereidsec@hotmail.com

PAINTING CONTINUES SUNDAY
Painting on the interior of the club will continue Sunday at 10am. Please lend a hand if you can!

DATE CHANGE ON HOLIDAY FETE
Due to scheduling conflicts with some of the club VIPs (namely the chefs!) the Nereid Holiday Party has been moved to December 5. Please save this date!

SURPRISE ON MONTEREY BAY
As if Loreley herself was on the Santa Cruz harbor jetties, calling them to ruin, two Nereid rowers recently paddling for their lives in a dawn row on Monterey Bay.
While on a weeklong, post-HOC vacation on the California coast, club members Frank Schaefer and Erin Martin made a 6am date with Beth and Ginger, two avid and graciuos rowers from the Santa Cruz Rowing Club. The day before, an offshort Pacific storm had caused onshore swells of 15-20 feet - a surfer's dream, a rower's nightmare. Some 12 hours later, Beth anticipated that conditions might be a little rough, but perfectly rowable. Ha...read more...

NEW BOAT NAMES
Many boats in the club fleet will be named or re-named in honor of the Nereids, the Greek sea nymphs who give our club its name.  Boats will be re-labeled in the coming weeks; a complete list will be published in the next Nereid News.  A boat naming ceremony is in the works to name the heavyweight 8+ after Sid Salomon, a former Nereid member and World War II veteran.

DARKNESS AND COLD WEATHER ROWING RULES
Cold Weather: Do not row unaccompanied in weather of 45°F or less, or water temperature of 45°F or less. There are thermometers on the boathouse (south bay door) and on the dock for submersion in water.


Rowing in the dark: Boats must have proper bow and stern lighting, as prescribed by USRA.

 

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