Equipment held in stock

Below is a summary of boats and equipment held in stock at Godalming following the last boat check carried out in November. Please contact andrew@byham.co.uk if you would like a copy of this file. 

Boat check 2015

This year's boat check was held on 15th November - it didn't rain and nobody put their back out!! Thanks to Graham, Lynn, Ken, Simon, Tom and deputy boat master Sam for help.

From this boat check we have the following points
  • We should have 4 poles in stock, each pole comprises two halves. We're missing one half, probably stuck in the mud after someone took a canoe out for a punt
  • Issue with boats as reported by Graham: 
    • Boat # 6 - missing 2 (of 4) footrest adjustment holding nuts
    • Boat # 7 - air bag to be re-inflated
    • Boat # 10 - air bag to be re-inflated
    • Boat # 11 - air bag to be re-inflated
    • Boat # 28 - missing footrest
    • Boat # 31 - missing 1 (of 4) footrest adjustment holding nuts
  • Looks like we're short of one Buoyancy aid, #25
  • We inherited three Canoe paddles from Go Godalming, probably during the staycation sessions. These were put back in their store, could we retrieve the GDSCC ones at some point?
  • The two new Dagger kayaks were numbered 36 and 37
  • We have two new boats in store, thanks to Jonathan for delivering them. These came with two paddles 3 buoyancy aids and 1 spray deck. We'll try and number these as soon as possible. 
  • We'll need two new licenses for the above, or take licenses of older boats - to be discussed.
  • Our over crowded leader's boats amnesty enjoyed some success, with Tom and Simon removing their boats  
  • The fire extinguisher in the coaches hut was removed as it was dated yr 2000, and had been discharged when it was knocked over. We need to agree if we should replace this. 
  • We need to put signs up on the back of the doors of both boat huts asking people to check the following before leaving: Lights Off; Water in the changing room off; lock the changing rooms and  monkey's hung up in club boat hut; Put the ladder away; Lock both locks on both boat huts; lock the gate.
It became evident from the early weeks of 1* course that the high number of adults and taller variety of paddler was putting pressure on our allocation of larger boats. We quickly bought in two large boats to accommodate, but still had occasions when when 3*s had to fight 2*s and 1*s if everyone turned up at once.
Next year we’re trailing a tagging system to mark boats at the beginning of the season when 2* and 3* groups start, and will ask all 1*s to leave tagged boats alone or they’ll be pushed in the river.
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