Boats & Brands
These 2 boat manufacturers typically use imperial hardware.
What are Pocock and Vespoli?
This term describes the blade being too high above the water, either consistently throughout the recovery or right before/at the catch.
What is skying the blade?
The name of this object is actually an acronym to describe it's use in rowing.
What is a C.L.A.M. or a Clip-on Load Adjusting Mechanism?
This safety device is required on the front of all boats to prevent impalement in a collision.
What is a bowball?
Who are the Washington Capitals?
This boat brand went out of business during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What is Resolute?
This term describes when a rower pauses at the catch and lets their blade hang in the air before dropping it in the water
What is hanging at the catch?
What are skin and wave drag?
While not typically used in practice, these must be checked before launching for a race.
What are heel ties?
This was TBC Racing's Original name.
What is Washington Area Rowing?
TBC Racing owns shells in these three American-Made boat brands. Name the shells and the brands.
What are the Kathy Hudson (Vespoli), Shadowfax, Bucephalus, and Snowmane (Pocock), and the Voldemort (Resolute)
This term describes the contrast between the drive and recovery.
What is Ratio?
Your coach has changed your shell and now it is harder to set and tippier than before with the same lineup. Name the key difference between the shells.
What is a narrower and deeper shell?
This is a term for when equipment and/or a rower in a particular race must immediately launch for the next race after landing from the first race.
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, DC native Christian Tabash earned what medal with the US Olympic Men's 8+?
What is bronze?
What two boat brands are owned by the Flying Eagle Boat Company?
What are Wintech and King Racing Shells?
Missing water (also known as “rowing it in”) is what happens when your blade isn’t in the water at the end of the recovery/top of the catch. This is what it looks like from the coxswain seat.
What is front splash, no backsplash, and off timing?
This term, defined as "when an object's contact point moves relative to the surface it rests on," describes a failure of static friction important to the rowing stroke.
What is slippage?
According to typical regatta rules, this type of penalty is applied if a crew makes a false start.
What is a warning (and disqualification upon a second warning)?
These coaches on the year-round TBC staff have rowed for GW.
Who are Coach Russell, Coach Regan, Coach Sam, and Coach Tiernan?
Bow wing riggers, historically seen primarily on sculling boats, have started to make an appearance on sweep boats as well. This sets these riggers apart as compared to the standard wing riggers.
What is flexibility of seat adjustments and lack of a crossbar in front of the rower?
"Rotate around the pin" highlights a key difference between rowing and erging. Name the difference.
What is rowing is a rotational motion while erging is a linear motion?
Your coach adjusted your oars and now the rowers are commenting the drive feels slower and heavier. Name the change(s) your coach made.
What are lengthening the oars, shortening the inboard, and lengthening the outboard?
When a boat came into your lane and collided with you during a race, these are the 6 steps you must take to protest.
What are:
1. Notify the Officials on the water
2. Inform your coach and submit a written protest
3. Pay the protest fee
4. Ombudsman Hearing
5. Jury Hearing
6. Appeals
This was the year TBC Racing was founded.
What is 1994?