Can my coach talk to us during a race, or can I use electronics in the boat?
Rule- South Africa
- Rowing South Africa
- SASRU
- RowSA Rules of Racing 2020
- Schools rowing
- U14-Open
- 2025/26
- Coxswains
Coaching: no. Coaches and anyone else are prohibited from giving a crew instructions or advice during a race (Rule 5.10.1).
Electronics (Rule 1.2.3)
- No processed data or communications may be received in the boat electronically, and nothing may be sent from the boat electronically. The penalty may be exclusion.
- Raw data may be collected, received, processed and stored in the boat during racing, for example from speed sensors, GPS location, heart rate and stroke rate.
- RowSA may fit its own device to boats to send live race information.
Sound amplification equipment and loudspeakers that are firmly fixed to the boat count towards the boat's minimum weight.
Updated 22 Oct 2026