To do jobs on this page you must have attended NCASRA launch driver training. (The launches are the motor boats used during regattas by officials and safety workers)

If necessary you may be assigned to another job. Please be patient if this happens.

No cell phones are permitted during your assignment.

Driver - Marshall

Duties: During the regatta you will be assigned to a Regatta Marshal (usually a Judge/Referee) as his/her launch driver. You are under his/her control. Hand signals will most likely be used.

Instructions: At the Regatta sign-in location, sign attendance sheet and insurance waiver. Then pick up a life vest and report to the Launch Master on the dock who will assign you to a launch and the Official. Make certain that your launch has a full complement of life preservers, an oar, and sufficient fuel. Shift changes will take place at the finish line exchange dock.

Dress: Anticipate inclement weather and the likelihood of getting wet. Wear layered clothing. Consider a hat, sunscreen, and gloves. A Personal Flotation Device (PFD) must be worn at all times while performing this job. Do not wear any red clothing while performing this job. This is because a red flag is used to stop a race.

Driver - Referee

Duties: During the regatta you will be assigned to a Regatta Judge/Referee as his/her launch driver. You are under his/her control. Hand signals might be used. If you have a stopwatch, bring it along, it could be of use.

Instructions: At the Regatta sign-in location, sign attendance sheet and insurance waiver. Then pick up a life vest and report to the Launch Master on the dock who will assign you to a launch and the Official. Make certain that your launch has a full complement of life preservers, an oar, and sufficient fuel. Shift changes will take place at the finish line exchange dock.

Dress: Anticipate inclement weather and the likelihood of getting wet. Wear layered clothing. Consider a hat, sunscreen and gloves. A Personal Flotation Device (PFD) must be worn at all times while performing this job. Do not wear any red clothing while performing this job. This is because a red flag is used to stop a race.

Driver Safety

Duties: During the regatta, you will keep a keen eye on the course and attempt to keep powerboats, sailboats, kayaks, canoes, etc. out of the way of a race. Sometimes you will need to pick up large pieces of flotsam and jetsam, which are in the shells’ way. You must particularly keep a keen eye on rowers warming up upstream and for any shells that may have capsized.

Instructions: At the Regatta sign-in location, sign attendance sheet and the Insurance-waiver. Then pick up a life vest and report to the Launch Master on the dock who will assign you to a launch. Make certain that your launch has a full complement of life preservers, an oar, and sufficient fuel. Shift changes will take place at the finish line exchange dock.

Dress: Anticipate inclement weather and the likelihood of getting wet. Wear layered clothing. Consider a hat, sunscreen and gloves. A Personal Flotation Device (PFD) must be worn at all times while performing this job. Do not wear any red clothing while performing this job. This is because a red flag is used to stop a race.

Driver - Dam

Duties: You will patrol the lower reservoir (near the dam) to ensure the safety or the rowers and to prevent the shells from venturing too near to the dam. YOU MUST BE IN PLACE BEFORE THE FIRST SHELL ARRIVES AT THE START.

Instructions: At the Regatta sign-in location, sign attendance sheet and insurance waiver. Then pick up a life vest and report to the Launch Master on the dock, who will assign you to a launch. Make certain that your launch has a full complement of life preservers, an oar, and sufficient fuel. Shift changes will take place at the finish line exchange dock.

Dress: Anticipate inclement weather. You will be very close to the water for extended periods. Wear waterproof clothing, hat and sunscreen. A Personal Flotation Device (PFD) must be worn at all times while performing this job. Do not wear any red clothing while performing this job. This is because a red flag is used to stop a race.

Driver – Set Up

Duties: Before the regatta you will be assigned to move racecourse equipment, facilities, and people up and down the racecourse. You will have a helper.

Instructions: Report to Regatta sign-in location and sign attendance sheets and insurance waiver. At Anacostia and Georgetown regattas, you will report to the Course master. At the Occoquan regatta, pick up life vest and report to the Launch Master on the dock, who will assign you to a launch. Make certain that your launch has a full complement of life preservers, an oar, and sufficient fuel.

Dress: Anticipate inclement and cool weather. Wear waterproof clothing. A Personal Flotation Device (PFD) must be worn at all times while performing this job.

Driver - Shuttle

Duties: During the regatta you will be assigned to transport only officials, coaches, regatta workers, and the press up and down the course. (AT NO TIME CAN ROWERS BE SHUTTLED UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY THE LAUNCH MASTER.)

Instructions: At the Regatta sign-in location, sign attendance sheet and insurance waiver. Then pick up a life vest and report to the Launch Master on the dock, who will assign you to a launch. Make certain that your launch has a full complement of life preservers, an oar, and sufficient fuel. Shift changes will take place at the exchange dock at the finish line. Please understand that your club will be fined if you fail to report for your volunteer job.

Dress: Anticipate inclement weather. Wear layered clothing. Consider a hat, sunscreen and gloves. A Personal Flotation Device (PFD) must be worn at all times while performing this job. Do not wear any red clothing while performing this job. This is because a red flag is used to stop a race.

Driver - Take Down

Duties: At the conclusion of the regatta, you will drive a launch and help store the regatta course equipment, motors, launches, lane markers, etc., and will do whatever is needed to secure the regatta site again to its original order. Some heavy lifting might be involved.

Instructions: At the Regatta sign-in location, sign attendance sheet and insurance waiver. Then pick up a life vest and report to the Launch Master or Course Master on the dock, for assignment to a launch. You will probably have a helper who must also wear a life vest.

Dress: Anticipate inclement weather and the likelihood of getting wet. Wear layered clothing. Consider a hat, sunscreen, and gloves. A Personal Flotation Device (PFD) must be worn at all times while performing this job.