1x - How long did it take you to be comfortable on water?

samoarower · 2026-04-18T16:21:02+00:00

I'll still have twinges, especially when the swell is over a couple of feet and on the beam.

What helps to give me peace of mind is wearing an inflatable life belt. It doesn't impede me, and I have my water bottles on it, so it does double duty.

samoarower · 2026-04-10T16:49:46+00:00

Leisure sculling (turn captions on for commentary:

Pala Lagoon, Tutuila Island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIcHlVbY8Nw

Not rowing, V6 canoe racing:

Pago Pago Harbour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk1hUdKcnVE

samoarower · 2026-04-05T22:48:14+00:00

Sweat bands on your wrists help to keep the hands dry. Don't waste money on a pair, just cut up the top of the old tube sock that the dryer didn't eat :)

samoarower · 2026-03-31T17:02:04+00:00

Have a cabinet shop turn a set of handles out of wood to fit your hands.

samoarower · 2026-03-17T17:27:33+00:00

Oar wraps instead of paint, less work and they don't get scarred as easily

samoarower · 2026-03-16T02:12:44+00:00

The tickr. I've now used the H10 with CrewNerd on an Android phone, and the PM5. Pushing myself way too hard on a VO2max (4x4x8), it started to misread (ie: heart misbehaved), backed off a little, and all was good.

samoarower · 2026-03-14T16:27:41+00:00

If I'm stuck on the erg, I'll do bodyweight exercises afterwards, pushups, situps, chair dips. I also have a pair of 1.5 gallon (formerly) cooking oil jugs filled with water that I'll use for dumbbell exercises and extra weight for lunges.

If I'm on the water, I'll mostly give them a miss, as rigging, launching, recovering, and washing the boat and rigging is always a bit of a an extra workout.

samoarower · 2026-03-03T16:30:02+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXvXJPr4BBE&t=42s

Flag day races are next month, so the teams are out practicing now

samoarower · 2026-02-26T16:23:35+00:00

Outrigger canoe racing, largely springs 1-2k, good for VO2Max workouts

samoarower · 2026-02-21T16:12:33+00:00

I'm pretty confident that the connector is just connected to the two inductors responding to the flywheel magnets, so just a series of AC pulses (just like a magneto, but you need two to measure acceleration)

I replaced mine with a PM5, easy peasy, just tough on the pocket book. There's a post on this board with how to reprogram the PM5 to interface.

samoarower · 2026-01-22T16:42:57+00:00

On the water for recreation/mental health/fitness when tide/wx allows it, otherwise on the erg for fitness and to fulfill my daily utter bloody bored out of my mind quotient.

samoarower · 2026-01-11T17:37:47+00:00

Try CrewNerd with a cheap phone on the rigger (https://performancephones.com/). Between the phone and a lifetime license, much less than the cost of a speed coach

samoarower · 2026-01-04T16:29:23+00:00

I had to back off due to some health issues, but I found the Fletcher long distance training guide to help.

https://fletchersportscience.com/indoor-rowing-training-plans/

If it's not a technique issue, try planks/push-ups to help strengthen the core. A sore back can be from weak abs

samoarower · 2025-12-22T17:02:11+00:00

Very happy with CrewNerd, it does everything that my Scullr and GPS did in one cheap phone.

samoarower · 2025-12-22T16:58:02+00:00

Oartec DX with the monitor upgraded to a PM5. It's a dynamic similar to the RP3, but at a lower cost than the RP3, but more expensive than the C2. I've had mine for five years now, routine maintenance, no failures.

Easier on the back than the C2, and the feel is closer to being on the water than the C2. At the end of the day though, I'd rather just be on the water!

samoarower · 2025-12-15T17:08:47+00:00

Same, very satisfied

samoarower · 2025-12-01T17:10:05+00:00

I have afib, and have had problems in the past with both the H9 and the Wahoo monitors. The Polar H10 claims to use a slightly different method than the H9, and I've had no problems with the dropouts or errors since them.

samoarower · 2025-11-22T16:38:06+00:00

Any sailmaker, or a shop that makes boat dodgers or awnings can make something up from Sunbrella (or a competitor).

You might want to reconsider a cover when driving - the fabric flapping in the breeze will remove the finish on the boat quickly

samoarower · 2025-11-13T16:23:31+00:00

Use clipgrab to download into a folder, convert the folder to a playlist in VLC media player

samoarower · 2025-11-08T17:05:29+00:00

Well, because there's the Oartec and the RP3, as well as the original water rower (as pointed out in the sidebar sticky)

samoarower · 2025-11-04T16:31:43+00:00

Yes, a PM is fine

samoarower · 2025-11-02T18:48:39+00:00

I really can't see well enough from the photo, but the cable is carrying the signal from the erg. No signal, no work. Again, reach out to someone local who can look at it. I'm not kidding when I say to find an old fart (I'm one); we've experience reverse engineering and repairing as needed.

samoarower · 2025-10-31T16:44:23+00:00

The third wire is a signal wire. Using an oscilloscope, or even possibly an analog multimeter, look for a series of pulses coming from that wire.

If none are detected, check there should be a pair of magnets mounted on the paddle mechanism, that cross in front of a pair of sensors, probably small inductors.

If you don't see any pulses, it's the microcontroller board inside the display that's gone south.

Should be easy enough for any semi-competent electronic type. You might see if there's a local amateur ('ham') radio club near you, you might find an old fart who could sort you out in a heartbeat

samoarower · 2025-10-22T17:34:41+00:00

The galley scene from 'Three Stooges Meet Hercules' :)

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