ISU Rowing Team Drowning
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No you do not wear a life jacket. Most of the time you’d also be on a river so the current helps stabilize the boat. They absolutely should not have been out in the wind.
When I was in the ISU club (2005) we had to go to Beyer and prove we could tread water in a sweatshirt for more than 15 minutes. Training on Big Creek something like this was certainly somewhere in the back of my mind.
I am so sorry for the friends and family. Unbelievable shocking news just before Easter. Thoughts and prayers from their Cyclone family.
With the shock of the water temps, you have 1 minute to gather your breathing, 10 minutes of meaningful movement, and one hour until full hypothermia sets in.1-10-1 rule. Even if all five grasped a hold of the boat, the ability to hold on would likely be gone within 10 minutes.
Even with an immediate rescue response getting all five out of the water in ten minutes would be a tall order with as immobile as each would be
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Freezing water and high winds. If someone was ejected with the boat up and going it would be very dangerous under good conditions. This isn’t kayaking.
It's the same concept as a kayak though. I've flipped mine once and you are underwater before you even know what happened.
We don't go out though at least until the end of May. I cringe when I'm fishing and see kayakers far from shore when the water is cold. You are in deep trouble if you aren't relatively close to shore and it's extremely hard to get back on them after they've flipped.
Extremely sad and tragic.
Prayers to friends and family of the entire ISU crew team.
Prayers to friends and family of the entire ISU crew team.
Watch this video, it shows how fast you can get ejected. Add this with freezing water, windy choppy lake, and possibly hitting your head and getting knocked out and disaster can happen quick.
A few years ago Northwestern had a crew member die in a narrow canal bc they couldn’t swim. That team now requires a swim test before being on the team. (Surprised that wasn’t a requirement before)
I can’t believe the NCAA wouldn’t mandate that, yikes (I’m guessing NU has an actual rowing team)
The northwestern crew i think practices in a channel that is only about 60 feet wide, if it is the one i think it is.
