Covid-19 Reopening Plan

Before you Register

Before you arrive:

• There will be no loitering at the boathouse or on SRA property.  Athletes are expected to wait in their car until their assigned practice time, go through their practice, and return to their cars upon dismissal.  Any athlete who is dependent on receiving a car ride from a parent/guardian must ensure pick-up and drop off are coordinated in advance.  The bays will be at maximum capacity as legally allowed, so athletes waiting will need to wait outside.
• The boathouse restroom will have a 1-person limit.  Athletes waiting for the bathroom are not permitted to loiter in the hallway.  
• We will be offering practices in slightly staggered shifts to minimize the number of athletes at the boathouse at any given time.
• When parking your vehicle, please make sure before you exit that there is 6’ of space between you and someone packing or unpacking in a neighboring vehicle. If there is not enough space, you must be patient and wait to exit your vehicle.
• Once you have left your car, you are required to wear a mask correctly

Step 1: Check-In

• All coaches will self-monitor and are required to stay home if they answer YES any of the questions below.
• Athletes do not need to check-in daily, but will be asked to stay home if they answer yes to any of the following questions:
  • Have you had COVID-19 in the last 14 days?
  • Have you had any symptoms of COVID-19 in the last 14 days,including fever, Shortness of breath (not severe), Cough, Chills,  Repeated shaking with chills, Muscle pain, Headache, Sore throat, New loss of taste or smell?
  • Have you traveled out of the region in the past 14 days?
  • Are you ill, or caring for someone who is ill?
  • I have not had "close contact" with an individual diagnosed with COVID-19.
    • “Close contact” means living in the same household as a person who has tested positive for COVID-19, caring for a person who has tested positive for COVID-19, being within 6 feet of a person who has tested positive for COVID-19 for about 15 minutes, or coming in direct contact with secretions (e.g., sharing utensils, being coughed on) from a person who has tested positive for COVID-19, while that person was symptomatic.
  • Have you been asked to self-isolate or quarantine by a doctor or a local public health official?
  • Do you understand you are to wear your mask at all times while on land, can not share equipment, and must remain socially distant?  Do you understand that violations of the rules may result in your being asked to leave?
• Athletes will be asked to hand sanitizer or wash hands at the beginning of each practice.
• When possible, athletes will be informed of their line ups beforehand. Upon arrival, athletes will be asked to stay in their training pod and not mix with other pods during practice times.  
• Items found on the grounds may be thrown out - there will be no lost and found.
• Upon arrival, athletes will receive shell assignment, walkie talkies, and oar assignments.  All of these will have been disinfected, and athletes may choose to disinfect them again prior to use.

Step 2: Your Shell & Launching

Coaches will assign your equipment

• Your equipment will be inside in a bay
  • Coaches will work together to minimize pod overlap in the bays.
• There will be limited adjustments on the dock.  Use your time on land to make adjustments to foot stretchers, oar locks, etc.  You can adjust again once we have left the dock, but we need to keep traffic moving on the dock.
• SRA recommends using flip-flops or slides when moving around the SRA Grounds and leaving your sneakers in your car.  The flip-flops will fit easier in the shell.

Step 3: Your workout

The fun part.  You can expect a standard practice once you are on the water.  

SRA is also excited to announce the return of 8+s! If the COVID-19 rate, as determined by the NYSDOH is below 5%, SRA will row 8+s, masked. If the rate is below 2%, SRA will row 8+s unmasked. If the rate is above 5%, SRA will discontinue 8+s. As standard, SRA reserves the right to adjust the COVID standards as new information becomes available. SRA is committed to the safety of our athletes, coaches, and community.

Coxswains to remain masked

Step 4: Cleaning and Departing

When you return from your practice, you will land at the main dock. If there are crews already on the dock, please wait for them to get off before you land.

• While each dock is assigned as "launching" or "landing," coaches may use additional docks at their discretion, as long as it does not interfere with other groups.

• Wash your oars in the oar washing station, located on the docks.
  • Wash the oar shafts & oar handles. 
  • Spray with disenfectant solution.
• Coaches will wash the shells with the following protocols:
  • Every shell will get rinsed down
  • High touched areas of the Shells will be disinfected post row.
    • Seats, oarlocks, riggers, footstretchers, gunwales, etc.

Step 5: Go Home & Check Your Email

If you want to socialize, stretch, or do additional exercises, they must be done on your own and off SRA property.

All communications and announcements will be made via email, social media, GroupMe, Remind, and Zoom.

Other Notes:

Emergency Action Plan: Bad Weather.  In the event thunder and lightning push us off the water, we’ll follow this protocol:

• All practices are suspended.  We must wait 30 minutes from the last thunder/lightning before we resume.  Once we are able to resume, we will resume with the scheduled class at that time.
  • Training Groups seeking shelter will head to 1) The Frost Bay, 2) The Bruno Bay, and 3) The Belmonte Bay, and 4) The Wright Family Sculling Pavilion.
  • While seeking shelter, athletes must maintain social distancing.  Bay doors must be left open.

In the event the weather forecast calls for unsafe conditions (such as cold or wind), practices may be adjusted to include

• On-Your-Own Workout
• Zoom Workout
• Socially distant in the boat bays
• Outdoors

Notification of Positive COVID-19

• In the event someone in the SRA community informs us they have tested positive for COVID-19, a community email will go out to everyone.