Something a little different...

Karen · February 24, 2011, 17:57:28

Old camping matts, or really cheap new ones, are great for cutting up for things like thigh braces

Rachel · February 24, 2011, 20:17:03

I'm going to learn how to sail on saturday so I'm not free =(

Let me know what's happening in the evening, I might be free.

Enjoy your super saturday!

clarec · February 24, 2011, 22:31:03

I'll be there! Fingers crossed for shorts and tshirt weather!!!

Nuala · February 25, 2011, 11:26:27

Are you mad?! Fingers crossed for heavy, persistent, river-raising rain!

clarec · February 25, 2011, 16:51:39

Quote from: Nuala on February 25, 2011, 11:26:27
Are you mad?! Fingers crossed for heavy, persistent, river-raising rain!

Oh yeah.... damn

Jon F · February 25, 2011, 23:36:23

wont be able to make it as i got work

Darïna · February 26, 2011, 14:32:57

Well, been a productive day so far. Though now the boathouse looks so odd, what with it being organised and clean and there actually being space to walk in.

I wonder how long it's gonna stay that way...

Maryanne · February 26, 2011, 15:41:29

What a day!

TRAILER
The trailer was completely emptied after Varsities and all the long distance boats were put back on their racks, which leaves us ready to go for our next trip! Sincere thanks to everyone who helped with that, I had a misunderstanding with my alarm clock and missed it... *pulls at collar awkwardly*

FREESTYLE
Dave Byrne dropped by with space in his car and an open invitation to go playboating, so he, Leighton and Gareth went to sluice, sounds like they were set up for a pretty amazing day! How did you get on guys?

OUTFITTING
Then Livia, Dani and Darina outfitted themselves a boat each with a full compliment of footblocks, bits of camping mats and piles of foam to make them as snug and comfortable as possible, nice one

BOATHOUSE TRANSFORMATION
Having a look around the boathouse we realised a little spring cleaning wouldn't go amiss...(warning, huge understatement!) It started innocently enough, we needed to got to the loft, and didn't have room to set up the ladder (the big one we thought had been stolen by sailors, turns out it was just behind the small trailer) so we started to put a few boats back on the private rack where they belonged. This soon escalated into a full scale assault involving me climbing into various, tiny, high-up places and being passed boats by Darina, Livia, Clare, Dani, Carla and Victoria. That top rack is pretty high! And you may have noticed...we're not exactly the tallest bunch

so when you see the private rack next, feel free to marvel; it's a thing of beauty!

Next we put all the older gear neatly up in the loft, hung up all the best gear and devised a new hanging system for the helmets that lets their trough be used for airbags, extra footblocks, foam and spare parts. We went through all the lost and found, found a lot of it was mouldy and moved it in to the skip around the corner. We found the sign from the freshers stand (UCD CANOE CLUB: the worst influence on freshers) and hung it up at the back, so the place is looking pretty slick!

RESULT!
The loft is tidy and organised, the door is working way better since we greased it, the gear is all hung up, the floor is swept, every boat is on a shelf...what a transformation, I stood staring at it all for a good ten minutes at the end, mostly trying not to choke up...

So...
THANK YOU CARLA! THANK YOU DANI! THANK YOU LIVIA! THANK YOU DARINA! THANK YOU VICTORIA! THANK YOU CLARE! THANK YOU LEIGHTON! THANK YOU GARETH!
And nice to see you Cathy, I hope scuba diving went well!
And a mention to Mark Ahern who made everyone's day.

WACKO ON THE JACKO
BEST OF LUCK MATT, NUALA, KAREN and any other UCD folk!

Carla! · February 26, 2011, 15:53:30

well done everyone! brilliant job! and maryanne for her monkey like climbing and dodging abilities!!

Livia · February 26, 2011, 16:00:22

That's what I call teamwork!

We rocked the boathouse!!! There is even space for bikes now

I'm in aaawe...some!!!

Evan · February 26, 2011, 18:25:42

Good job guys. I was walking by just as the stragglers were leaving. It looks really impressive. I don't think I've ever seen it so clean and tidy.

Ley-Ley · February 26, 2011, 19:26:18

Good work, lads, very impressed. Also, I'm very happy with Gareth, he styled it with the best of us!! First he wins Mens Gp, then he does a loop on Sluice!! Nothing can stop this lad.

Rachel · February 26, 2011, 19:28:23

Any plans for the cinema?

Maryanne · February 26, 2011, 20:29:13

Quote from: Ley-Ley on February 26, 2011, 19:26:18
Good work, lads, very impressed. Also, I'm very happy with Gareth, he styled it with the best of us!! First he wins Mens Gp, then he does a loop on Sluice!! Nothing can stop this lad.

Wow, hold the phone, loop?

Also cheers, it is kinda amazing

Ley-Ley · February 26, 2011, 20:35:26

Quote from: Maryanne.D on February 26, 2011, 20:29:13
Quote from: Ley-Ley on February 26, 2011, 19:26:18
Good work, lads, very impressed. Also, I'm very happy with Gareth, he styled it with the best of us!! First he wins Mens Gp, then he does a loop on Sluice!! Nothing can stop this lad.

Wow, hold the phone, loop?

Also cheers, it is kinda amazing

OK, maybe not a loop but each time he went through Sluice he got better until he styled it the last time!! Quite high too, the line wasn't the cleanest!!

Yeah, the boathouse is proper nice, so nice I felt bad about just leaving the boats when we got back so we pack them away!!

Oh and another thing, one of the boats that was out-fitted, I may have taken the gear out of it and put it away, I didn't realize until the gear was stowed!!