Orientation Night

Last Thursday our crew met face to face for the first time for our mandatory orientation at Leander Boat Club. Here we quickly learned that our participation meant more than just sitting and row, row, rowing merrily along. We actually have to work! There are no boat club caddies waiting to hold our little boat steady as we all climb safely aboard. We'll not only have to learn how to row the boat, but how to manhandle it out of the shed and into the water. If you aren't familiar with rowing shells, they're about 18" wide and as long as a bus. Very elegant on the water, very awkward out of the water. Should be fun!
Tomorrow is our first real lesson, so be sure to check in soon to hear all about it.
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Webers wobble, we just hope they don't drown!

Welcome to Down by the Bay, the official bog of the yet unnamed Weber crew. We are a group of ten Hamilton area women participating in the Hamilton Heart and Stroke Foundation's Fit for Heart event. Over the next 8 weeks we will be learning the finer points of rowing - particularly how NOT to take a dunk in the murky waters of Hamilton Bay. At the end of July, we will join other area teams for the Fit for Heart regatta. The goal of the event is to raise $35,000 while getting fit and having a blast. If last night's orientation was any indication, there are sure to be laughs aplenty over the next few months!
Details of the orientation night will be coming soon, as will regular updates of our team's progress.
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