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In the sport of rowing, each rower is numbered by boat position in ascending order from the bow to the stern (with the exception of single sculls). The person who is seated on the first seat is always the 'bow', the closest to the stern is commonly referred to as the 'stroke'.
Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is divided into two disciplines: sculling and sweep rowing. In sculling, each rower holds two oars, one in each ...
In a rowing crew, the coxswain (/ ˈ k ɒ k s ən / KOK-sən; colloquially known as the cox or coxie) is a crewmember who does not row but directs the boat. [1] The coxswain sits facing the bow , unlike the rowers, and is responsible for steering the boat and coordinating the power and rhythm of the rowers.
This is a list of the Cambridge University crews who have competed in The Boat Race since its inception in 1829.. Rowers are listed left to right in boat position from bow to stroke.
The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oar, and a cox. There are two rowers on the stroke side (rower's right hand side) and two on the bow side (rower's lefthand side). The cox steers the boat using a rudder and may be seated at the stern of the boat where there is a view of the crew or in the bow (known as a bowloader).
At the 1936 Summer Olympics, he won the gold medal rowing in the bow seat of the American boat in the men's eight competition. [1] [3] Morris was a mechanical engineering graduate. In his professional career he worked on large scale dredging projects in the Seattle area. [2] He died on July 22, 2009, as the last remaining member of the crew.
OUBC Crew Lists – from 2000 to present; The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race website – from 2002 to present, with biographies; British Rowing Almanack – from 1861 to present; Burnell, Richard D. (1979). One Hundred and Fifty Years of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race: an Official History. Precision Press. ISBN 978-0-9500638-7-4. Dodd ...
Rowing and later career [ edit ] Rantz rowed in the University of Washington senior varsity eights which won US national Intercollegiate Rowing Association titles in 1936 and 1937 as well as the victorious sophomore eight of 1935 and freshman eight of 1934.