The eight commandments of the Boat house

[david]

Right folks, The new gear is arriving next week. At the moment the boat house is totally full. somethings are going to have to be removed and some systems will have to change.


Firstly the boat house is quite full of private boats. some get used some dont. the ones that get used have totally got the rigt to be there but the ones that are broken or ones that never get used must go. one way or another they must go. also if you have private boats and a car and a huge garage we would really apprwciate it if boats were left there rather than the boathouse.


#2 non paddling related crap like sleeping bags, shoes, bikes, ponys, ect have no place in the boat house and will get evicted!!!


#3  paddling gear is fair enough but not indefinately. it must also just be in one bag, not scattered across the boat house.

#4 The broken boats will be left at the back of the boat house and if you want to take one and fix it anyone is welcome to try. some of the shitter non broken tubs will be sold off.

#5 hanging up gear will happen after each club trip. we're going to play around with this but each person that uses a piece of club gear will have to hang it up after they use it. we may not stuff it into the back of boats but look for a new way to get it home.

#6 We really appreciate it when private cars offer to drop boats back to the boat house but if you are not going directly back to the boat house then the committee must find someone who is. Boats can no longer go to someones house after a club trip.

#7 once the new term starts the boat house will need to be cleaned every week. Once I get my new time table, this day and time will be declared. if you are free on that time I'm asking you to please drop in for 5 minutes. We'll just check the gear and give it a quick tidy up. Remember that it's your gear and your boat house.

#8 people that use gear are never bothered clearing it with me at all. This will change. my number is 0863823440. If you need gear ask me in advance and you can sign for it. if i learn of gear that has been taken without my knowledge I will go Fucking Mental ,from the start of the new term on. this rule applies to Oldies, freshers and Committeee members equally. Telling a pissed drunk committee member that you're taking the new strech for the next 2 years as you score him does not count as asking for it. You must ring me!!!! I will not tolerate the abuse of gear that has gone on in the past with the new gear. I will actually get angry.

You have been told!!!


This is a new era of UCDCC. you may ask what was wrong with the old one??? well These are old rules that have been ignored for the last few years. Please draw this post to the attention of anyone who does not use the internet often.

[phillt...y]

You tell em Dave!!! I hope I'm free for the weekly playday in the boathouse - god knows what you could find in there? Rats....bottlecaps....holly and cheesy??

[kmck]

As an old equipmant officer I feel your pain Dave
Here is the link to the code of practice
http://www.ucd.ie/canoe/codeofpractice/ucdcccodeofpractice.html
We all as members signed up to this and club trips are run by it so give the lads a hand when you can.

[TomB]

dave fair play, the boat house is not a dump and every one needs to row in with this . . . . this is a small chapter of a larger rant that is, 'your mother doesn't work here' and therefore the committee are not expected to do everything!!!

[Lil Lisa]

disgraceful this abuse of the boathouse......DISGRACEFUL!!

[david]

Lisa, I thought you would be better at keeping your head down.... Kylie must have thought so as well.....

[Lil Lisa]

HA!

hello!!!!!!!HELLO DAVE?

[david]

well it would be a fair guess that part of the bundle would be a dave!!

[Lil Lisa]

:wink:

[Brendino]

Great to see someone taking the initiative (I'm surprised it's a committee member though   )

Just to add a point if I may....

If you intend on keeping the new, and for that matter older, gear in good working order, it needs to be rinsed out after every use. If you plan on hanging it up in the boat house somewhere it wouldn't take too much extra to dunk it in a barrell first would it? I'm sure that a barrell could be precured from somewhere on campus and it could be filled in the morning while the trailer is being loaded.

We all know (I hope) that salt water eats away at neoprene and nylon, but the reason for washing the gear after a river trip is that river water contains tiny microbes that like to munch away on the gear too. A rinse in tap water gets rid of must of them. It will also clear off any mud or dirt so that the gear is clean for the next person to use. I always rinse out my gear (and boat - fittings and seats - think about it) as soon as I can after getting off the water. It might take a bit more effort, but the gear will last a lot longer. All adventure centres and companies such like do it to protect their investment in gear.

Just a thought.

Another thought that I just had was about space in the boathouse.  I don't go in there too often (it's the smell), but as far as I can remember, the shelves on the left are really long - designed for boats like Invaders, Corsicas, Dancers, T-Canyons etc. so if the shelves were taken down and put back up so as to fit todays shorter boats, I reckon that there would be a lot more space for all of the new (short) club boats and some private boats too. It would take a day to do and someone would need to make measurements and design a new storage system, but isn't that why there are so many engineers in the club? :wink:  I like making stuff like that, and I have a tool box (as I am now a home owner), that doesn't get enough use.

Just another thought.

Brendino?

[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]

The ideal way to store boats is vertically on their nose.

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....