I think you'll find it affects most school clubs as
well - St. Leonard's and QEHS only have front-loader
coxed quads/fours and both Durham School, Cambois and
ourselves have them too [others may also that I'm not
personally aware of].

Peter.

--- Megan Bell <megan_bell@...> wrote:

> Hello again
>
> Another item from the last council meeting, one
> which I think will affect
> the University and College clubs more than the other
> clubs.
>
> One of the rule changes agreed for implementation in
> April 2005 was one
> relating to the lifejackets worn by coxes of BOW
> LOADED boats. I've seen
> a number of these appear in recent times on the
> Wear, so I think it's worth
> makeig you all aware of this now to give you enough
> time to buy some new
> life jackets!
>
> From April 2005, rule 2-3-7a will read:
>
> Coxswains must wear a lifejacket or bouyancy aid in
> the correct manner and
> be familiar with the method of operation. In
> "front-loader" boats, coxswains
> must wear manually operated gas inflation
> lifejackets.
>
> i.e auto inflating lifejackets or buoyancy aids
> cannot be worn.
>
> Note that this rule applies to competing in ARA
> events so technically you
> could wear a auto inflating lifejacket or a buoyancy
> aid whilst training,
> but I would recommend against it.
>
> For more information on adequate life jackets, may I
> suggest the ARA web
> page, go to their water safety section.
>
> Cheers
>
> Megan
>
>
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Dr. Peter Hoare
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