Troubleshooting steering - Faster Masters Rowing Radio - the podcast for masters rowers. Tips, advice and discussion from Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe.

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Timestamps

03:00 This Past Week - we have been watching a LOT of Olympic sports.

06:30 Listener survey results

11:00 Troubleshooting steering a rowing boat.

Why are you going off course? What's happening, why and how to fix it.

Steer off a point on the bank / horizon align with the your stern of the boat.

Equipment - is the fin straight?

To find out if it's the fin causing the issue - take a few big strokes and stop rowing with oars off the water and let the boat run.... watch to see if it glides straight or goes off in one direction.

16:00 How to correct your steering.

Leverage at the catch for pressure steering.

20:00 Boat checks for steering with a wire

Is your rudder and fin straight?

Is there tension on the wires

Have a steering shoe that fits

23:00 Steering straight off stake boat with a crosswind

29:00 Steering with an integral rudder and fin. And a canard fin / skeg reduces yaw.

31:00 The club annual steering course with theory and exam - appoint a foreperson for each boat.

Head Racing book by Carlos Zezza

https://amzn.to/3C4QBi4

35:00 How to help those who cannot turn around easily? Divide the jobs so one steers and one looks around and a third does the calls.

Plan your practices so new steers people learn how to steer - half crew rowing; boats side by side; leap frogging;

44:00 Feathering with wet handles - how to do this; essential skills for successfully handling wet scull grips. You feel like you're not in control when they are wet. Loose grip is key.