They crossed to the other side, where the large buoys of the starting chute looked like white elephants. "They look like white elephants," the coxswain said. more
Oarheads and coxswains will savor this book for the way it brings the art of maneuvering oared ships to life, down to the commands and training that were used. more
Oh, but this is the truly fun part of large, complex regattas. The part where either your crew really is a well-oiled machine, or else everything unravels in your face because somebody grabbed the wrong set of oars. more