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Read the 2025 Sin City Erg Update #3: https://mailchi.mp/glrf.info/2025-sin-city-erg-update-3
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2025 Sin City Erg regular registration ends on Friday, December 20. Late registration begins on Saturday, December 21. One fee and unlimited entries! See you in Vegas! https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/?job_id=8955
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The GLRF Newsletter, Cox Box Squax Issue 075, is now online. Find it here:
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Not sure if everyone noticed. We had a change in venue. The event will now take place at the Cambridge Recreation Center, 3930 Cambridge Street, Las Vegas. The new venue is MUCH closer to the host hotel, the Flamingo.
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Seat Search as a concept began at the 1998 Gay Games when the WHOars needed a coxie for their 8+ and 4+. With the launch of Gay + Lesbian Rowing Federation website in 2003, we offered a Seat Search feature for featured regattas. The idea of using a database was not really feasible for the website tools we were using at the time so the capabilities were limited. Fast forward to December 2024 and now Rower Seat Search and Club Seat Search is a default feature in any Regattas+ listing. For example, if a GLRF member added the Head of the Yarra in Melbourne as a Regattas+ listing, a rower could submit a seat search to race in a boat, and a rowing club or program could list a Club Seat Search for an opening in their boat maybe for a cox or for 6-seat. What’s the difference between a Rower Seat Search and a Club Seat Search? For a rower whose club is not going to a regatta or who wants to race in more than just one entry, the Rower Seat Search helps a rower announce that they are looking for an open seat in a race. For a club or program that perhaps wants to enter two races but only has rowers for one boat and is short one or more for a second race, the Club Seat Search helps a to fill a boat. Each Seat Search entry leverages the GLRF member profile to display key rower and coxie profile of data that is important for filling a boat. The Seat Search feature provides for three categories: sweep, scull, and cox. Seat Searches can be made for each category, “rower looking for …” and “club seeking a …” If this was available in 1998, the WHOars would have submitted a Club Seat Search for a coxie. Regattas+ is part of the Gay + Lesbian Rowing Federation community platform that enables members to add their own regattas, ergattas, and rowing camps/clinics. Every Regattas+ listing creates community for LGBTQ rowers by providing a RSVP-like members going feature, comments feature, upload files, and share images. Whether it is the Head of the Mississippi regatta or the Covered Bridge regatta or a Eurogames regatta, GLRF is helping to create community among LGBTQ+ rowers. Of course, allies can join GLRF and add a Regattas+ listing. GLRF doesn’t ask anyone’s sexual orientation. -
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2024 Long Beach Christmas Regatta
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Really fun one-day regatta. All races are 850 m. so rowers are racing multiple times. Weather is perfect - not too hot and not too cold. No wind! -
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Rowing is a section or department of the California Yacht Club. It features junior and adult rowing. There are one or two doubles and one quad but mostly everyone sculls in a single. CYC Rowing offers lessons for beginners, teaching the foundations of rowing and safe boat handling skills. The goal is to provide a fun introduction to rowing and to build the skills necessary to be a successful and independent rower. Lessons are open to both members and non-members. Once cleared on safety procedures and operations, there are two pathways to continue rowing for CYC members. The first is to use shells from the club-maintained fleet on a first come, first served basis. The second is to purchase your own shell and rent a rack to store it. CYC Rowing hosts the annual Head of the Marina regatta, a 5,000 meter head race held within the Marina del Rey harbor. The regatta is held on the first Sunday of November each year. There are several GLRF members who row at CYC Rowing so you could call it lgbt-inclusive. Does the rowing program organize teams for gay regattas? No. But you are accepted as a member.
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The GLRF Newsletter, Cox Box Squax Issue 074, is now online. Find it here:
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Sin City Erg Early Registration extended to 20 Nov 2024. Take advantage of the early bird prices! One fee - unlimited entries! https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/?job_id=8955
