Rowing Stories, Features & Interviews

Coxing

March 1, 2001

The most awesome rudderless landing story that I know of comes from Baylor School, in Tennessee, where a friend of mine coached and initiated their rowing program. more

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Report from the Coxswain's Convention 2001

February 5, 2001

The seriousness with which coxswains take their craft was evidenced by the large turnout at the 2001 Coxswains' convention. more

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Better Watch Out: Santa Claus is a Coxswain

December 4, 2000

The literary evidence is overwhelming: Santa (or Father Christmas, if you prefer) is absolutely a coxswain. more

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Cybernetics -- Rowing In The Athenian Navy

November 27, 2000

Our modern word cybernetics derives from the Greek word for coxswain -- kybernetes -- which means one who directs. more

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Physics For Coxswains And Rowers

November 7, 2000

Rowers don't need any Theory of Special Relativity to tell us that neither Space and Time are fixed quantities. more

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Coxing Seat Races Fairly

October 12, 2000

Seat races are a necessary part of finding out which combination of rowers makes the boat go fastest, but nobody really likes them. more

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Keeping Coaches Happy -- The Coxswain's Role As Intermediary

October 4, 2000

Fall crew season is well underway, and with it, many of you are entering new high school or college rowing programs under new coaches, and are facing new expectations. more

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What REALLY happens at Coxwain meetings -- the Secret Tapes

August 15, 2000

row2k's fearless investigative reporters have obtained secret recordings from a coxswains' meeting which took place prior to the CENSORED CENSORED regatta. more

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Rowing By Fives -- Oar Powered Ships In Ancient Egypt

July 20, 2000

The Nile has been a good place to row for six thousand years. The current flows northwards and the wind blows southwards. more

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Sooo, They Talked You Into Coxing...

July 7, 2000

Summer is club and masters' rowing season, and suddenly there seem to be more boats than there are coxswains. more

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Product Review: New Out of the Boat Works

June 21, 2000

With the beginning of the new model year, row2k takes an advance look at the newest products coming out of the boat sheds. more

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Puddles - How to Read the Water

June 6, 2000

Your boat's puddles are valuable real-time indicators of what is going on in your engine room. more

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Bow Pair -- Making The Most Of Your Front End

May 25, 2000

The bow pair is your boat's stabilizer, and a really good bow pair can guide the boat's path just like the bow planes on a submarine, so that the rest of the hull naturally follows. more

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Regatta Fever; How to Call In Sick from Work

May 17, 2000

People talk about "catching the rowing bug," and how it completely alters their lives. more

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Rigging Frenzy

May 11, 2000

Regatta season. The shells are derigged and on their trailers; it's four o'clock in the morning, and all is right with the world. more

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Hydration

May 4, 2000

Hot weather poses additional responsibilities for the coxswain. more

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How to Throw Your Coxswain in the Water

April 29, 2000

There are many styles, the quick pitch off the end of the dock, the one-two-three heave, and the no-warning up-and-out which sends the flailing coxswain -- usually face-first -- into the briny deep. more

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Headwinds

April 21, 2000

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How to Speak Coxswain

April 14, 2000

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