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Welcome to the 2025 Head of the Colorado Regatta! Austin Rowing Club regattas would not be possible without the support of our volunteers! Your time and commitment are greatly appreciated. Questions: regattavolunteer@austinrowing.org
Shifts (73)
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repair Docks | 8:30am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 74 Trinity Street Austin, Texas 78701 Parking is found on the street and in city lots. No parking is available at the boathouse. | Help make the Sullivan docks safe and user friendly by completing needed repairs to boards. Supervised and directed by Peter T, this will be manual labor of removing and replacing boards from the docks. These are the docks that the safety launches are tied to, not the docks the rowing... | 3/3 |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repair Docks | 8:30am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 74 Trinity Street Austin, Texas 78701 Parking is found on the street and in city lots. No parking is available at the boathouse. | Help make the Sullivan docks safe and user friendly by completing needed repairs to boards. Supervised and directed by Peter T, this will be manual labor of removing and replacing boards from the docks. These are the docks that the safety launches are tied to, not the docks the rowing... | 3/3 |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course installation items staged | 2:00pm (CT) | 4:00pm (CT) | Help stage the required course items for easy access on course installation day. Direction and supervision by Peter T. | 2/2 |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prep Regatta Team packets | 12:00pm (CT) | 2:00pm (CT) | Prepare packets for teams to pick up at Registration. This would be including all the bow and bib numbers that a team will need for their races along with any other information. | 3/3 |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set up Barge for course install | 2:00pm (CT) | 4:00pm (CT) | 74 Trinity Street Austin, Texas 78701 Parking is found on the street or in city lots, no parking is available at the boathouse. | Help set up the Barge that makes course installation easier! Volunteers will be removing rigging from the Tovo and setting up the boards on the barge. Directed and supervised by Megan or Liz G | 3/3 |
| Setting Anchor and Moving Hotseat Dock | 1:00pm (CT) | 4:00pm (CT) | Help Set the Anchor for the course installation and move the hotseat dock to the venue for boats arrival on Friday. 1 volunteer must be competent launch driver. | 1/1 |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control Commission | 1:30pm (CT) | 4:30pm (CT) | Check boats for safety aspects prior to launching for the practice time. | 0/4 | |
| Course Install | 7:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 74 Trinity St. Austin, TX 78701 | Assist with installing course. Wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty or wet. Bring water bottle and sunscreen. This shift will happen regardless of what the weather is like. Without the course the regatta will not happen. More shifts may be available. | 0/3 |
| Registration | 2:00pm (CT) | 5:00pm (CT) | Festival Beach Austin, TX 78702 | Registration: Volunteers working registration are the face of the Regatta. Not only taking care of registration forms and waiver but also assisting with customer service. During morning hours registration is busy with crews handing in forms and waivers. In the afternoon volunteers will be handing out medals to athletes.... | 0/2 |
| Launch Driver | 1:30pm (CT) | 5:00pm (CT) | Festival Beach Austin, TX 78702 | Patrol Course during practice to ensure safety of athletes. Monitor that boats are observing traffic patterns and safety requirements. | 0/6 |
| Dock Masters @ Festival Beach | 1:30pm (CT) | 5:15pm (CT) | 74 Trinity St. Austin, TX 78701 | Monitor docks during practice times. Helping crews to launch and dock. Ensuring crews are on and off the dock in a timely manner and are familiar with the traffic patterns. | 0/6 |
| Course Adjustments | 11:00am (CT) | 2:00pm (CT) | 74 Trinity St. Austin, TX 78701 74 Trinity Street | Finishing the course installation process by making adjustments to the course. Wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty. Bring water bottle and sunscreen. | 0/1 |
| Loading of Dock at Boathouse | 7:00am (CT) | 8:00am (CT) | 74 Trinity St. Austin, TX 78701 | Assist with loading supplies on docks at Boathouse to be brought to course. | 0/4 |
| Unloading Docks & Venue Set Up | 9:30am (CT) | 11:00am (CT) | Festival Beach Austin, TX 78702 | *Timing dependant on the docks arrival* Set up tables/chairs in tents, unload dock from boathouse when arrives. Set-up trash cans and recycling containers and other tasks as needed. | 0/5 |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteer check in | 6:00am (CT) | 2:00pm (CT) | Festival Beach Road Austin, Texas | Help Check in Volunteers for their shifts. Provide instruction on where to go, possibly brief description on what they are doing and help them know who to find at their location. | 0/1 |
| Regatta Village Breakdown | 3:00pm (CT) | 5:00pm (CT) | Help break down the Regatta Village - volunteer tent, registration tent, merch tent etc. | 0/2 | |
| Start Line | 7:45am (CT) | 10:45am (CT) | 74 Trinity St. Austin, TX 78701 | Duties include but are not limited to, managing info into ipad, operating stopwatch, monitoring bow numbers as the cross start, etc. Volunteers operating ipads will be required to attend a pre regatta training session.*TBA This position is at the ARC Boathouse, 74 Trinity Street, Austin, TX 78701 | 0/5 |
| Start Line | 11:30am (CT) | 2:30pm (CT) | 74 Trinity St. Austin, TX 78701 | Duties include but are not limited to, managing info into ipad, operating stopwatch, monitoring bow numbers as the cross start, etc. Volunteers operating ipads will be required to attend a pre regatta training session.*TBA This position is at the ARC Boathouse, 74 Trinity Street, Austin, TX 78701 | 0/4 |
| Launch Driver | 11:15am (CT) | 3:00pm (CT) | Festival Beach Austin, TX 78702 | Drivers will be utilized as marshals/safety drivers and will be stationed at designated places on the course to ensure safety. It is crucial for all launch drivers to have previous launch driving experience OR attend launch driving clinic at ARC. | 0/7 |
| Moving barge from Venue to boathouse, unload and return dock to place | 3:30pm (CT) | 5:30pm (CT) | Drive 1 Sullivan dock from Venue to Boathouse - this Sullivan dock will be loaded with items from the venue that must go back to the boathouse. This boat will stop at the dock to be unloaded and then returned to its normal home at the end of the rentals... | 0/1 | |
| Anchored Safety Boat | 7:30am (CT) | 10:00am (CT) | Be present on an anchored safety boat watching for launching kayakers and paddle boarders and keeping warm up traffic safe. Helping Kayakers and Paddleboarders keep to the north short while the warming up racers stay in their lane. This will be in an anchored boat and training will have to... | 0/2 | |
| Anchored Safety Boat | 12:30pm (CT) | 3:00pm (CT) | Be present on an anchored safety boat watching for launching kayakers and paddle boarders and keeping warm up traffic safe. Helping Kayakers and Paddleboarders keep to the north short while the warming up racers stay in their lane. This will be in an anchored boat and training will have to... | 0/2 | |
| Registration | 12:00pm (CT) | 4:00pm (CT) | Volunteers working registration are the face of the Regatta. Not only taking care of registration forms and waiver but also assisting with customer service. During morning hours registration is busy with crews handing in forms and waivers. In the afternoon volunteers will be handing out medals to athletes. | 0/2 | |
| Finish Line | 7:30am (CT) | 11:30am (CT) | Festival Beach Austin, TX 78702 | This team will be deployed to ensure smooth and fair accounting of the finish log the race. Jobs within the team include spotting and recording the order of finish, using the digital software to mark the finish timing, and signify the end of the race to the rowers via the... | 0/4 |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Put away Regatta Stuff | 8:00am (CT) | 10:00am (CT) | 74 Trinity St. Austin, TX 78701 | Put regatta stuff back into boathouse. | 0/2 |
| Course Removal | 1:00pm (CT) | 5:00pm (CT) | 74 Trinity St. Austin, TX 78701 | Course Removal will be under the direction of Peter. Launch driving experience is helpful but not required. Wear clothes that you can get dirty and wet. | 0/3 |
| Course Removal | 9:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 74 Trinity St. Austin, TX 78701 | Course Removal will be under the direction of Peter. 1 Launch driver is needed. Wear clothes that you can get dirty and wet. | 0/3 |