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Andy Nield 16 March 2005 22:51:11
	Hennings' post on the egg thread about using mirrors, reminded me of a question I had a while back and then forgot about... Does anyone use mirrors for sculling, and if so do they help? I know they don't look as cool as oakleys, but I thiought they might be useful for head races if you don't know the river. To help not hit anything, and to take the best line. Maybe a bow mounted camera with a waterproof flat screen display mounted behind the speedcoach would be an idea... Anyone used mirrors, and are they worth bothering with for head races?
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Oarsman 16 March 2005 23:27:05 [ permanent link ]
	Seems like its only the 50 and over crowd that uses them on the Charles. Some people swear by them. My doubles partner for the Head of the Charles used one in the captain's seat. He guided us on a beautiful course to victory using it. The most impressive thing that he did was to keep the bouy line under our riggers as we approached the Elloit bridge. The down side to the mirrors is that some rely too much on the mirror and never do a "look around." Andy Nield wrote:> Hennings' post on the egg thread about using mirrors, reminded me of question I had a while back and then forgot about...> Does anyone use mirrors for sculling, and if so do they help?> I know they don't look as cool as oakleys, but I thiought they might useful for head races if you don't know the river. To help not hit> anything, and to take the best line.> Maybe a bow mounted camera with a waterproof flat screen display mounted> behind the speedcoach would be an idea... > Anyone used mirrors, and are they worth bothering with for head races?
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Guest 16 March 2005 23:44:00 [ permanent link ]
	Andy Nield wrote:> Hennings' post on the egg thread about using mirrors, reminded me of question I had a while back and then forgot about...> Does anyone use mirrors for sculling, and if so do they help?> I know they don't look as cool as oakleys, but I thiought they might useful for head races if you don't know the river. To help not hit> anything, and to take the best line.> Maybe a bow mounted camera with a waterproof flat screen display mounted> behind the speedcoach would be an idea... > Anyone used mirrors, and are they worth bothering with for head races? I've got a headband mirror from Potomac Rowing that I can't get used to. It's yours for $10 + shipping. Doug
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Henning Lippke 17 March 2005 00:43:49 [ permanent link ]
	Anyone used mirrors, and are they worth bothering with for head races? I have one. I always thought it unneccessary until Peter Ording (LM1x World Champion) came to my town and I saw him using one. I asked him what it's like and he only needed a few minutes to convince me of the usefulness. From my experience, the mirror is very useful on a stretch of water you know. You don't have to interrupt your rowing by lucking over your shoulder, a slight turning of the head is sufficient. Basically the mirror only allows you to spot an obstacle in the way, and only allows for navigation if you know the area. If you don't know the stretch of water or more boats are in front of you, it becomes quite confusing and you have to look around to get all information about where the others are travelling. The mirror is completely useless on open water without strict traffic patterns (eg most lakes). Finally, the mirror does not do the lookout for you. If you are prone to go into some kind of a trance while rowing, you shouldn't use it as you will probably feel too safe (and never look). I also sometimes find myself looking at my bow most of the time, which makes for a perfect navigation & obstacle awareness, but is certainly not recommended for good rowing. BTW, I now use the Kijkom 'Heads-Up' mirror http://www.kijkom.nl/ -HL
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A. P. Thorsen 17 March 2005 01:33:31 [ permanent link ]
	Andy Nield wrote:> Does anyone use mirrors for sculling, and if so do they help?> I've not used one in a race, but have in training. The one I have has a fairly broad field of vision, but (given the size of the thing) that means it's not very good for seeing small stuff. You can see boats or banks relatively easily, but not (say) a tree branch floating in the water. It can be difficult to distinguish between several similarly-colored boats, because details are tiny. You do still have to turn your head a bit to see a full width of river, but needn't turn as far. It takes quite a period of getting adjusted to, so I'd definitely work with it in training extensively before trying to use it in a race. Until you're quite familiar with its use, you can have blind spots and not realize it. If you're not familiar with the river, and are trying to use the mirror to figure out a line without much advance scouting, I have my doubts. Maybe after a good deal of practice use . . . . In a buoyed course, if the the buoys are quite visible (large and/or bright), or tjere are easily-followed lines of closely-spaced buoys, the mirror would probably be of some help. If you go to some small/poorly funded races like I do, with longish intervals between smallish buoys, the mirror may not do much for you. . . . and these may be one of those "some love 'em, some don't" things! Ann T. Remove 'dontsendspam' from address to reply by email
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Paul V Smith 17 March 2005 05:43:07 [ permanent link ]
	Henning Lippke wrote:> > Anyone used mirrors, and are they worth bothering with for head races?> I have one. I always thought it unneccessary until Peter Ording (LM1x World Champion) came to my town and I saw him using one. I asked him> what it's like and he only needed a few minutes to convince me of the usefulness.> From my experience, the mirror is very useful on a stretch of water know. You don't have to interrupt your rowing by lucking over your> shoulder, a slight turning of the head is sufficient.> Basically the mirror only allows you to spot an obstacle in the way, only allows for navigation if you know the area.> If you don't know the stretch of water or more boats are in front of> you, it becomes quite confusing and you have to look around to get information about where the others are travelling.> The mirror is completely useless on open water without strict traffic patterns (eg most lakes).> Finally, the mirror does not do the lookout for you. If you are prone to go into some kind of a trance while rowing, you shouldn't use it you will probably feel too safe (and never look).> I also sometimes find myself looking at my bow most of the time, which> makes for a perfect navigation & obstacle awareness, but is certainly not recommended for good rowing.> BTW, I now use the Kijkom 'Heads-Up' mirror> http://www.kijkom.nl/> -HL And if you can't give up your Oakleys, there was a solution for that too. I tried a pair of glasses with those installed one day and it was surprising how well you could see as long as there are no flowing locks in the way, a problem neither you nor I have. [:o) - Paul Smith
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Tsetse 21 March 2005 07:48:12 [ permanent link ]
	"A. P. Thorsen" <apt77dontsendspam@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:d1a8nj$7g1$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu...> Andy Nield wrote:>> Does anyone use mirrors for sculling, and if so do they help?>> I am purely a recreational rower (Martin Trainer) here on one of the by-ways of the Chesapeake Bay. I use a mirror sold in bicycle shops, which in my opinion gives you good vision, and certainly enables you to see any object in the water, no matter how small. Whether or not they are of benefit to serious rowers, in races, I have no idea, but they are a life-saver in restricted waters, where there are docks, eel pot bouys, etc., etc. Otherwise, you spend a good portion of your time in neck-twisting. (Also, they are a boon to older rowers, for whom neck-twisting is usually accompanied by strange crunching sounds!) EMcC
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Eberhard Nabel 21 March 2005 14:00:59 [ permanent link ]
	"Tsetse" <eck@intercom.net> wrote in message news:<113sgvkkoptt751@corp.supernews.com>... I am purely a recreational rower So am I. I have some problems with a small mirror, which can be fixed to my eye-glasses. It is vibrating and always in my field of vision. For me that type of mirror is hard to accommodate to. Fortunately I use a sliding rigger boat (Virus Turboskiff), so my head is more or less in a fixed position in respect to the boat. That allows using a motor bike mirror clamped to the gunwhale - a construction which works only to some extent in a sliding seat boat. In sliding seat boats I used to have the mirror fixed to the pin of the oarlock. The glass of the mirror must be uncoloured. Otherwise some objects may be overseen due to poor (colour) contrast. As the field of vision is relatively small other craft crossing the own course may be overseen. Otherwise, you spend a good portion of your time in neck-twisting. > (Also, they are a boon to older rowers, for whom neck-twisting is usually > accompanied by strange crunching sounds!)> True. I never go without mirror. It helps a lot. Eberhard
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