Links

• Thames Regional Rowing Council

http://www.thames-rrc.org/

Your Regional Council has direct power over your rowing - and is part of the ARA - read the website. This is the body that actually runs rowing on the Thames and is the the authority that is directly responsible. Most people have not heard of it and think that it is the ARA that runs rowing on the Thames. That is not correct. The TRRC is a a constituent part of the ARA.

• David Biddulp's website

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/david_biddulph/rowing.htm for informaton on regatta calendars, AGE groups, Junior and Veteran, maps, FISA etc.

• ARA

Your National Body for Affiliation with its own Council

http://www.ara-rowing.org/index.php

• Concept 2

http://www.oarsport.co.uk/c2_oars.php

• FISA

International Federation for those interested

http://www.worldrowing.com/home/default.sps

• HRR

Henley Royal Regatta

http://www.hrr.co.uk/

• NAMES FOR BOATS

Electronic proofs and a very good service from this guy

http://www.daltondesigns.net

• Oarsport

Concept 2 's agent in the UK a.k.a. Ian [Willie] Wilson Heavy and Light wt international and many times Henley winner

http://www.oarsport.co.uk/

• RQ

Rachael Quarrel's unique website - a must to visit every day

http://www.rowingservice.com/new.html

• TidesTides at Putney

http://www.vrc.org.uk/tides.phtml

• TidesTides at Chiswick - Allow for the time to take to get to Putney

http://www.mortlake.net/

• Tideway Maritime Laws

Links for the legal rules applying to mariners and is mandatory reading

NtM U6 The "Rowing Rules"

PLA Act The legal basis of the law - heavy reading as is Act of Parliament

PLA Byelaws Less heavy and in English but still a bit of a read!

Part 4 - Port of London River Byelaws 1978 (as amended)

Part 2 - International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (as amended) (882K)

• Tideway Steering Notes WITH diagrams

Steve Kerr's original

http://www.ara-rowing.org/docs/tidewaynav.doc

• Tideway steering - Steve Kerr's helpful opinion on how to oganise Steering training advice - how to organise in a club

http://www.ara-rowing.org/coaching/tideway.php

• FISA

Rules of Racing

• American coxes site.-group for coxes – rather good.
• Cold Water Safety Guidlines

This is the excellent document written by Dr Jane Blockley which is mandatory reading for all those that row in the winter. See her downloads and download it!