Spring 2025 HRC All-Coaches Safety Meeting

The Hines Rowing Center hosted our Spring 2025 All-Coaches Safety Meeting, this time with special guest Sharon Mallett. Sharon is a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, and presented the coaches with helpful information for cold water safety. 0:00 Intro and Introductions 5:46 Parking lot traffic patterns, car registration, parking lot attendant 12:23 Code of Conduct 12:46 Locker Rooms, Erg Rooms, Use of Ergs 14:47 Upper Schuylkill River Safety Guidelines, Swim Waiver, Course Map 15:32 Roster Update, Code of Conduct and Swim Waivers Return, Coaches and Contact Sheet 16:13 Rack Assignments, HRC Campus calendar 17:29 Coaches launches, update on upriver dock 18:23 Dock slips, Oar Racks, call for Oars 19:51 Sharon Mallet speaks about Cold Water Safety as a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary 27:24 Common Cold Water Safety parameters/rules 31:34 HRC Coaches discussion experience with cold water safety rescue, and precautions taken to keep their teams safe 33:34 Dangers of sitting on the bow of a launch, launch safety measures 35:58 On water safety and water traffic patterns on the Upper Schuylkill River 39:16 Kippy bags (https://burnhamboatslings.com/usrowing-saf... 40:23 Leaving your shell in the water during an emergency, tow rope importance 41:33 PA Fish and Boat Commission, importance of noisemakers, cleat/tie down safety Thank you for everyone who contributed their cold water safety experiences and thoughts.