Rowing   11/90



1. Before doing other requirements, successfully complete the BSA

   swimmer  test.   Jump feetfirst into water over your  head  in

   depth, swim 75 yards or 75 meters in a STRONG manner using one

   or  more of the following strokes:  sidestroke,  breaststroke,

   trudgen,  or crawl;  then swim 25 yards or 25 meters using  an

   easy, resting backstroke.  The 100 yards or 100 meters must be

   swum continuously and include at least one sharp turn.   After

   completing  the  swim,  rest  by  floating  as  motionless  as

   possible.



2. Review  and discuss Safety Afloat and demonstrate  the  proper

   fit and use of personal flotation devices (PFDs).



3. Do  the following correctly in either a fixed seat or  sliding

   seat rowboat:

   a. Launch and land from and to shore.

   b. Row in a straight line for a quarter mile.  Stop,  make  a

      pivot turn, and return to the starting point.

   c. Backwater  in a straight line for 50 yards.  Make  a  turn

      under  way  still backing water.  Return  to  the  starting

      point.

   d. Properly moor or rack your craft.  Demonstrate your ability

      to tie the following mooring knots: clove hitch, round turn

      and two half hitches, bowline, and hitching tie or  mooring

      hitch.



4. In a fixed seat rowboat, the the following:

   a. Come alongside a dock and help a passenger into the  boat.

      Row 50 feet, stop, pivot, and come back to the dock.   Help

      the passenger from the boat.

   b. Show  sculling in good form over the stern for  25  yards.

      Turn underway, and return to the starting point.



5. Alone,  or with one other person who is a swimmer, tip over  a

   rowboat.  Turn it right side up, get in, and row or paddle  25

   yards  with  hands or oars.  Tell why you should stay  with  a

   swamped boat. *



6. Alone in a rowboat push off from shore or dock.  Row 25  yards

   to a swimmer.  While giving instructions to the swimmer,  turn

   the boat so that the swimmer may hold onto the stern.  Tow him

   to shore.



7. Show and explain the proper use of anchors for rowboats.



8. Describe the following:

   a. Types  of  craft  used  in  commercial,  competitive,  and

      recreational rowing.

   b. Four common boatbuilding materials. Give some good and  bad

      points of each.

   c. Types  of oarlocks used in  commercial,  competitive,  and

      recreational rowing.



9. Discuss the following:

   a. The advantages of feathering oars while rowing.

   b. How to handle a rowboat in a storm.

   c. How to properly fit out and maintain a boat in season.  How

      would you prepare and store a boat for winter.

   d. How to calculate the weight a boat may carry under  normal

      conditions.

   e. The differences between fixed seat and sliding seat rowing.

   f. The different meaning of the term "sculling" in  fixed  or

      sliding seat rowing.

   g. The health benefits from rowing for exercise.



*- This requirement can be met in shallow water.