A flooding tide, blue sky, manageable winds from the South and 4 instructors made for a great Sunday Newbie Row. It was RnR's finest hour with all members moving in coordination to get the boats on to the dock and into the water. Well to say the least it still was pretty crazy to get 9 sculls "locked and loaded", but we managed it in just under 30 minutes. First a hardy congrats to the Newbies: Eileen, Sheila, Stan, Julie and Andrew for putting up w/all the frustration to date. By the smiles on their faces returning to the dock, I say they all had a pretty good time working through the drills and getting down the techniques of saltwater rowing. As I told Stan (my pupil), this is kind of like the movie Karate Kid. "Show me, wax on". However in our case it was "Red Oar Only". Time on the water does wonders to seed the good habits you all are learning during these instructional periods. A must congrats goes out to Orientation Czar Terrie Leake who has done a fabulous job organizing these events. Special kudos to the rest of the RnR instructors Paulie and Stephannie. It is really cool to watch every progress today. And yes that even includes you Stan.
Way to go to all you Newbies. Hang in there and you will be going around Children's Island before you know it.
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