Liffey Descent Rescue - Sluice

[Gareth]

Alright grand, but do you need rigid foam ?? or is two air bags enough, crap i should of checked this sooner 

[kmck]

Rigid foam would be for bouancy. If you have airbags that is your bouancy. What boat are you paddling? No you don't need both you've airbags for bouancy.

[DervM]

Is there a car with space going from the UCD boathouse tomorrow? And at what time?

[Maryanne]

Is there a car with space going from the UCD boathouse tomorrow? And at what time?

I think so, unless something crazy happens I'll be at the boathouse tomorrow morning

11:10 at boathouse ...pack boats
11:40 leave boathouse ...drive to sluice
12:20 sluice carpark ...get changed
12:50 on the water at sluice ...save lives
16:10 off the water ...get changed and drive to finish line
17:00 eat free dinner ...nyom nyom nyom
18:00 leave ...can go home via boathouse

[M1XR]

i approve of this plan, who exactly is driving, me and boat needs a lift

[kmck]

You've to be on the water by 13:00

Got the email from Benny! Rescue is needed at sluice from 13:00-16:00

[Fuzzy]

Alright grand, but do you need rigid foam ?? or is two air bags enough, crap i should of checked this sooner 

I imagine the rigid foam might be a reference to a central pillar of some sort, depending on boal type obviously.

[Maryanne]

You've to be on the water by 13:00

Got the email from Benny! Rescue is needed at sluice from 13:00-16:00

12:50 not 13:50, I really don't think anyone needs an hour and a half to get into their gear. I imagine that was understood.

[Maryanne]

MEET AT THE BOATHOUSE AT 11:10

Making their own way:
- Matt Enright*
- Bill Corbett
- Karen Vejsbjerg
- Nuala McAuley
- Niall Bouchier
- Steve Fahy*
- Steve Fahy's friend
- Eoghan O'Riordan
- Cormac Brady*
- Christopher Newman?

Meeting at the boathouse:
- Maryanne Doyle*
- Hugh Verling*
- Micheál O'Brien
- Derv McAuley
- Christopher Newman?

Also:
- Mark Ahern* (LB)
- Roger Thomas (LB)
- Simon Rowan* (LB)
- Jer Dunn (LB)

LB = Leixlip Bridge
* = driving

PS: if we only get 12 t-shirts, the first 12 people to have offered to help will get them (but there should be plenty!)

[caz]

Hey guys just to say a big thank you for all your hard work yesterday yee did brilliant and there was a UCD member at practically every weir! I'm very proud of ye and also proud to be the slowest female GP paddler in Ireland 

[Bill C]

also proud to be the slowest female GP paddler in Ireland 

If you're gonna loose, do it in style!

[Darïna]

also proud to be the slowest female GP paddler in Ireland 

If you're gonna loose, do it in style!

*lose

[Maryanne]

Hello all,

The Irish Canoe Union would like to extend its thanks and gratitude for your assistance in organising rescue for the 2011 Liffey Descent.  Without your commitment to coordinating and providing rescue a race of the size, quality and safety of the Liffey Descent would not be possible.  Please extend our largest thank you to all members of your rescue crew from us the Irish Canoe Union and from all of the competitors who entered the race and finished safely on the day.  The high quality of the rescue provided this year was commented on at several occasions by many paddlers following the race.

Thank you once again, and hope to see some, if not all, of you again next year!


Benny Cullen
Development Officer - Irish Canoe Union
Secretary - Euro Paddle Pass
Irish Canoe Union
Sport HQ

Woo! Go UCD!

[kmck]

Except for Kieran as he sent wave after wave of unsuspecting people into the stopper on river right of wrens... or they just didn't listen!

[kmck]

Isn't he dreamy?