10 Things To Do at the Close of the Rowing Season

In preparation for next season, you need to finish this one with annual checks to rowing boats, to give yourself and your club time for changes and repairs. It’s a bit like servicing a car once a year! Step one, is to get a working bee going at the club.

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Customer Review: Space Saver Oar Brackets

Below we have a customer review of our Space Saver Oar Racks, both the scull and sweep version. The rowing club they were installed in is based in Indiana, USA. The interview is with head coach, Guy Weaser. “I feel that the Space Saver Rack System provides a secure and

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Fit More Boats into your Boathouse

We know what your boathouse looks like.  It's cramped. And it's time for a change. Ours is the same. Be unconventional.  We recommend \”Height over width\”. If your boathouse has space above the top vertical rack – we can help you use it profitably.  In an urban setting, we are

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How to Re-Organise your Rowing Shed

(You know it needs it) If you\’re a boat club manager or committee member, you\’re running a business.  Twice a year, with an influx (or wane) of club members, you need to assess the state of your club  from a business strategy standpoint.  Figure out who else needs to come

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Free Electronic Logbook for Rowing

If you still use the \’classic\’ pen and paper to sign out boats at your rowing club, you\’re a bit behind the times. Why not make life a little easier for you and your members, a little more organised, and save a few trees while you\’re at it. We\’ve discovered

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How can you fit more boats into your boat house?

When it comes to dealing with large, heavy objects (boats) and numerous people (club members), safety and strategic planning for space optimization are of the utmost concern.  That\’s why we paid special attention to an interesting question we received from a boat club manager in the UK, who simply wondered,

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Winter\’s Upon Us: A Boathouse Clean-up Checklist

In the Southern Hemisphere, winter is settling in – you can feel the chill on the water, right?  It\’s time to clean out the boathouse before winter training.  Below we\’ve put together a checklist of things to do around the boat club. Did we forget anything? Add to our list!

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Sliding Boat Rack Installation at Houston RC

SSRS would like to send a big thank you to Houston Rowing Club, who recently purchased seven single Sliding Boat Racks. It was another very successful installation for SSRS and Houston Rowing Club can now use the extra space in their clubrooms for more equipment and more members. Find out more about the

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Interview with Jeff Peterson on Boat House Design

Recently, Douglas Lumsden, owner and founder of SSRS, caught up with Jeff Peterson of Peterson Architects and asked him a few questions about designing boat houses. Douglas: You design boat houses can you name some of them? JP: I\’ve been at this for 23 years now, and it has been over 10 years

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Space Saver Rowing Systems Supports Qld Flood recovery

Space Saver Rowing systems donated a Scull oar bracket to be auctioined off during the Melbourne Mercantile Rowing Club\’s fund raising event. The event was on the – 5th February 2011 http://www.rowingvictoria.asn.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=404:help-the-australian-rowing-communitiy-during-the-floods&catid=58:whats-new What can you do to assist.

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