Briefing

1. Please look at the map and acquaint yourself with the course before you boat.

2. This regatta is run in divisions, due to the width of the river. The Suffolk bank is the enclosure/meadow side, and Essex is the far side of the river. Note that there is NO access to the Essex bank, if you capsize make your way to the Suffolk bank.

3. Boating should take place whilst the preceding division is racing, and will be assembled UPSTREAM of the finish line into the division holding area. Boat marshalls will be firm, because the division times will be strictly adhered to. Please help us to help you to enjoy the racing. . Please be aware that the race order within Divisions is only indicative and that Start Marshalls will attempt to get races off in the order which will best help us run the event to time!

4. Each division will not be allowed to proceed past the finish towards the start until the last race in the preceding division has finished.

5. Please keep an eye on the progress board to see which division is racing and which is boating. Note that “regatta time” is “division time” and the whole of each division needs to be at the start before that division starts racing.

6. Umpires have been instructed to disqualify crews not seen to be making an effort to be on time.

7. The regatta course is a 650m buoyed 2-lane course, with a staggered stake-boat start.

8. The Sprint 8’s are contested over a 350m course measured from the regatta finish – this is the length of Friar’s Meadow. The course record is 56s.

9. The finish is the line across the river from the white post on the Essex bank to the post on the Suffolk bank, immediately in front of the Finishing Umpire/Control tent.