Hacking, folks, is a hive-mind effort, and this week we are pleased to bring you a cool build from one of the masters: Jim Cooper. Jim has been hacking away over at Norwalk River Rowing since it started up in the late eighties, and he has his boatman-craft down to a science. When you are working--and tinkering--for a big club full of juniors, masters and everything in between, having all your rowing and safety gadgets charged up and ready to go is a must, so Jim built his club this Hacker re-purposed gem: The Electric Closet.
There's not much we can add to this bit of hacking excellence, so we'll let Jim tell you all about it:
"Every boathouse has an area for the cox boxes and chargers and more. Here's a bedroom storage closet I outfitted to include all the essentials in one lockable place."
"All these stations require a MULTITUDE of 110v plugs. I added two side strips and a large dual outlet rack up above. Probably 36 outlets. All filled up!"
That is a pretty complete resource right there, but wait, there's more that Jim was able to jam in there: "Hanging on each door is a hook for our launch safety bags with each key, [which are] lettered to match launches, along with VHF radios. The bottom drawer and upper shelf holds extra supplies."
As Jim says, the result is a "one stop shop for safety essentials and more."
Everything you need in a single, securable place--yep, we see that just-secure-enough lock on there that every coach can easily remember the code for--that also saves room in a tight boatbay for boats, oars, and everything else? All for $50 to start, then improved on? That's some good hacking right there--and that's even before we circle back in a future column to check out those cool launch safety bags that look both waterproof and hard to forget, since they are *attached* to the actual launch key--clever!
Got any cool re-purposed and way more useful hacks at your club? If so, share your tips--and hacks--in the comments below.
Have a great rowing hack to suggest for future inclusion here? Well, be like Jim and send it to us!
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