Tail of the Fox - Wisconsin
- Oct 2, 2016
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- St. Norbert College Campus
- De Pere, WI (USA)
- Hosted By: La Baie Verte Rowing Club, Inc.
- 2016 Registered Regatta
- The finish line is in front of the Ray Vanden Heuval Campus Center on the campus of St. Norbert College. Please check out the SNC web site for directions:
http://www.snc.edu/admission/directions.html
- A map of the SNC campus showing the parking lots can be found here:
http://www.snc.edu/parking/docs/parkingmap.pdf
- There is a significant amount of on-going road construction on U.S. Highway 41 through Green Bay. We strongly suggest everyone, especially those lucky people hauling boats, check out the Wisconsin DOT website
http://www.511wi.gov/web/default.aspx
for the latest update, or if you prefer, speak with a regatta chair.
- Coxswains/Singles/Doubles -- If you haven't had a lot of experience docking on a river with a current, we are here to help:
Click here for a view of the course
Click here for a coxswain's guide to launching/landing
And, finally two videos showing the effect a river current has on a docking boat. The first video gives you specific information on docking at the Tail of the Fox Regatta:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYSWOG_y98g
The second video was filmed at the 2014 Masters National Regatta in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and provides some good examples of boats docking on the Grand River:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIab7C45ILk&sns=em
It is our goal to keep all boats docking safely and efficiently throughout the regatta. Help us help you by reviewing these materials. If you have questions, please speak with a dockmaster at the coaches/coxswain meeting, or feel free to email us.