The People of Rowing
March 8, 2010 by Mike
Filed under Think Different
Sage Seth Godin just wrote a thoughtful post about Andrew Carnegie’s view of people:
Carnegie apparently said, “Take away my people, but leave my factories and soon grass will grow on the factory floors……Take away my factories, but leave my people and soon we will have a new and better factory.”
As I read it, out jumped the A-ha of how relevant that concept is to our sport. A few word substitutions gives us:
“Take away my rowers, but leave my equipment and soon grass will grow on the boathouse floor……Take away my equipment, but leave my rowers and soon we will have a new and better equipment .”
Rowing is a people sport, but unfortunately it is so easy to forget that—to get distracted by the equipment.
As I write this, my team’s trailer is broken down along the interstate in Georgia. That is a drag.
But all my rowers are safe at the hotel—that is infinitely more important.
Any opinions regarding those riggers who occaisionally bend the pin angle with a rather ominous looking bending bar? Is this an appropriate tool under any circumstances?
Yup, I call that the trog wrench, and basically what it does is to ssttrreettcchh the welds of the rigger, attempting to get a little more, or less, pitch.
There is a place for it, but only in skilled hands.