Rowing BC has a curated selection of physical regatta infrastructure components available for rent to any Local Organizing Committee – saving you the cost of the initial purchase and storage! All rentals are on a first-come-first-served basis.
Available equipment includes:
Timing Kits – includes most items that would be needed for the electronic part of running a regatta.
Regatta Infrastructure – includes safety and function items.
The Rowing BC Timing Kits consist of two cases filled with all of the electronics that will help you run your regatta. A printer in a box is also part of the second case collection.
Case #1 includes:
- 1 iPad with the ability to connect through mobile networks and wifi
- 5 iPads that connect through wifi
- 2 iCom VHF radios
- 6 NK rate/stopwatches
- 6 battery packs that work with item using USB chargers
- charging cables
Case #2 includes
- 1 laptop
- 2 charging stations that work with items that use USB chargers
- 1 laser rangefinder with a 3000yd top distance
- 1 black and white printer
- charging cables
Regatta Infrastructure – Includes safety and function items.
Rowing BC’s Regatta Infrastructure items are just what you need to make your regatta more safe and comfortable.
Seating
- 1 pop-up tent – 10’x10′, white
- 4 folding chairs
- 2 folding tables
On-water safety
- 5 inflatable PFDs
- 4 golf umbrellas
Race Course equipment – Includes the items that mark the course.
Rowing BC’s Race Course equipment makes it possible to run racing without owning your own course. There are several options here that can help with your plans.
Fully-buoyed Albano course includes: (coming soon!)
- spools of cable to run on either side of each lane – number dependent on length of course
- buoys to clip to cables
- 7 shore anchors with winches for shore-to-shore courses
- 2 spooling stands for use in boats to spool and unspool the cables
Coastal Rowing Beach Sprints course includes: (coming soon!)
- 2 round turning buoys, 1 red/1 yellow
- 4 cylindrical slalom buoys, 2 red/2 yellow
White buoys – could be used for head races and as an adjunct to the Albano course:
- 35 white, 11.5″ buoys
Address any questions about the Regatta-in-a-box to Rowing BC’s Manager of Education, Innovation, and Inclusion, Lisa Tschannen.