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The eight commandments of the Boat house

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Sara:
Go Dave,
Well done, it was all needing to be said. Best equipment officer ever!! :)

Sara

cormac:
Folks

while it might seem that the committee have an easy enough job cos everything goes smoothly and things fall into place pretty much all the time the opposite is in fact true - things only ever run smoothly or happen at all because of the hard work of the committee during the year.  As UCD college clubs go this is an incredibly busy, equipment-heavy and consequently difficult club to run, and as always the committee are doing a great job - it also just happens to be the best club in UCD to be in.  Why do you think 'Oldies' are still hanging around?  So help the committee out by making sure you don't add to their workload - they're working for you, the club members, whether you be in or out of college.

mickle:
The ideal way to store boats is vertically on their nose. If you were to spend a bit of money and effort on taking out what shelving is there (saving the timber) and getting someone with a bit of builder/carpentry knowledge (sean jennings/alan o brien) you could knock up something decent.

Any engineer could have a look at the design of the frame (that's an offer by me if you want) and could come up with something decent. It would be a lot more efficient spacewise also. I've a few more ideas if you want to develop this a bit further. It would be no harm to update the storage arrangements to reflect the change in boat design - I haven't seen anyone paddling a boat longer than 8/9 feet in the last while, except for Colin's CFS.

Also, something works very successfully in A club I was in in UL was the appointment of unofficial fresher officers. It recoginsed the input that some of the freshers will always make by giving them an input in the club, introduces them to the running of the club while not having to take on major responsibility, and lessens the trip-day workload of the committee members. One such role could be someone who takes note of what gear a fresher has taken out (you'd have to number everything) and checks it when it's returned etc.

I'd be the first to admit that things were far from perfect in my day in regard to gear management, and it's a pain in the ass of a job, but it's a matter of "many hands make light work", "getting the ball rolling" and "easier said than done"!!! It's also an attitude change thing, and people have to object or say something if they see someone flaunting the rules.

Well done to the club for getting the grant, quite a coup. Now, how to get down from this pulpit........

Brendino:

--- Quote from: "mickle" ---The ideal way to store boats is vertically on their nose.
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Don't know about that one Mickle.

I was always told that the best way to store a boat is to hang it on a sling at the front and back of the cockpit. However, if they were to be stored vertically, I would do it nose up so that the boats can drain via the plug. There is little worse than getting soaked by water from a boat as you throw it up onto a roof/trailer.

Obviously, storing boats on their nose or tail will save space, but I reckon that it wouldn't be good for the boats in the long run. (Maybe this dated back to Fibreglass boats and it's fine for modern plastic boats). Storing the boats vertically could also be a safety risk as they could fall a lot more easily when one of them is removed.

We shouldn't need to wrap paddlers in cotton wool, but minimising risks is always good.  

I don't mean to poo poo your idea.

Again, just a thought.

david:
The storing them on their nose has a duel purpose, saves space and acts like a natural selection device. weeds out the ridiculously stupid from the UCDCC gene pool....

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