New Oar Day [rowing]
Jul. 29th, 2020 10:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rebeccmeisterSometimes, good things come in big packages:
New oars!
I don't think I've ever held brand-new oars before, where it's still possible to feel the little ridges from how the fiberglass is wrapped around the shaft. Mostly, I have just held oars that are too old and that leave little bits of prickly fiberglass behind on my hands. Not ideal.
I gave the new oars a little scuff at some point this morning, unintentionally, but that's for the best. I aim to treat them very well but not be too obsessive about them, if I can help it.
Getting them to the boathouse gave me some flashbacks to the last time I transported oars from home to a boatyard (Texas, 2012):
This time I did not havescrottie there to be my follow car, so I had to be sure I had a giant red bandana flag hanging off the back. You'd better believe I kept checking over my shoulder paranoiacally* as I rode.
But I made it to the boathouse just fine.
The oars are thirsty for water, but that will have to wait until tomorrow. It was enough to just get the length adjusted and collars set for today.
The plan for tomorrow morning is to do a series of boat time trials, testing out speeds of our various and varied equipment. Stay tuned.
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*Probably not a real word.
New oars!
I don't think I've ever held brand-new oars before, where it's still possible to feel the little ridges from how the fiberglass is wrapped around the shaft. Mostly, I have just held oars that are too old and that leave little bits of prickly fiberglass behind on my hands. Not ideal.
I gave the new oars a little scuff at some point this morning, unintentionally, but that's for the best. I aim to treat them very well but not be too obsessive about them, if I can help it.
Getting them to the boathouse gave me some flashbacks to the last time I transported oars from home to a boatyard (Texas, 2012):
This time I did not have
scrottie there to be my follow car, so I had to be sure I had a giant red But I made it to the boathouse just fine.
The oars are thirsty for water, but that will have to wait until tomorrow. It was enough to just get the length adjusted and collars set for today.
The plan for tomorrow morning is to do a series of boat time trials, testing out speeds of our various and varied equipment. Stay tuned.
-
*Probably not a real word.
