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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
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| What is the title of the person who steers the boat and urges the rowers on? | Crew (Rowing)
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Coxswain. They're lean, they're mean, and they generally aren't over 5ft 4in, but don't second guess them at race time.
| What seat sets the stroke pace for the rest of the boat? | Crew (Rowing)
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8 seat. A job only for those with the strongest technique skills.
| What is the name of the world's largest annual regatta? | Crew (Rowing)
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Head of the Charles. A tradition well-known to most rowing organizations - a great showcase for talent in all age groups.
| What's the brand name of boats that are traditionally yellow in color? | Crew (Rowing)
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| What's the name of the protruding apparatus at each seat that keeps an oar in place and contains the oar lock? | Crew (Rowing)
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Rigger. 'Watch your riggers' is a common coxswain phrase, heard when carrying the boat in a tight spot.
| What are the two sides of the boat (also the title of the rowers designated to those seats) named? | Crew (Rowing)
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Starboard and port. I'm a starboard bow seat rower, for example, so my oar projects to the right (from the coxswain's viewpoint).
| What is it called when boat is rigged untraditionally, with the oars not alternating left, right, left, right? | Crew (Rowing)
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Bucket rigged. For example, the seats could be set as starboard, port, port, starboard.
| How many rowers make up a traditional full-sized boat? | Crew (Rowing)
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8. There's something very powerful about eight rowers in sync.
| What popular new rowing film, by Mary Mazzio, portrays rower Chris Ernst and her crew's Title IX integration battle at Yale? | Crew (Rowing)
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A Hero for Daisy. A must-see for every rower, especially females.
| What size wrench loosens and tightens nearly all parts of a boat (foot stretchers, rig bolts, etc.)? | Crew (Rowing)
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7-16. Pass the 7-16, please. Who the heck moved my foot stretchers?
| Sweep rowing is rowing with 2 oars? | Rowing
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False. Sculling is rowing with two oars. Sweep rowing is only one.
| When an eight is rigged for sculling, what do they call it? | Rowing
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octuple. The eight when rigged for sculling, is called an octuple. Just think....octopus!
| What is the name of the person that sits in the boat and directs it, and tells the rowers what to do?
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coxswain. A coxswain is probably the most important part of a boat. They control everything.
| What is a boat called with only one rower? | Rowing
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Single. A single. one single person. Thats all.
| Head Racing takes place during what season of the year? | Rowing
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Fall. Head Races are usually 5000m long. Regular races range from 1000 to 2000 meters long.
| Erg season (rowing machines), takes place during what season of the year? | Rowing
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Winter. Erg season is when rowers compete at 2000 meters on the rowing machines.
| The Royal Canadian Henley Regatta takes place when? | Rowing
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Summer. Henley is the biggest crew regatta in North America.
| Stotesbury Regatta takes place in what U.S. city? | Rowing
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Philadelphia. Stotesbury is the biggest regatta of the spring season.
| Crew works every muscle in your body? | Rowing
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True. It is equivalent to one major workout after another, and another.
Steers the shell, calls the race, and makes corrections. Sometimes they do the other three, but they aren't really supposed to. They are supposed to steer, and make calls during the race to help his/her boat win.
2000 meters. Most collegiate, club, and international sprint races, are 2000 meters. Some high school sprints are 1500 meters long.
Weigh enough. Some very dedicated (or crazy) coxswains say this, even when not in a rowing environment. It's pretty bizarre.
The middle. The largest and strongest rowers, typically are placed in the middle seats, such as 6, 5, and 4, in an eight to improve boat balance. This "engine room" provides much of the power for the boat.
| What type of indoor practice equipment, is usually used by rowers to train during the offseason? | The Basics of Rowing
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Ergometer. Ergometers are indoor rowing machines. "Ergometer" is Greek for "Work meter". Just ask a rower about an ergometer some time and watch their response.
Set the tempo and stroke rate for the rest of the boat. The stroke must set the tempo of the boat and determine how fast strokes are taken. It is the most important and most difficult seat to row.
Lowering the stroke rating after a sprint/start. A settle is perhaps the most important part of a race. It is designed to lower the stroke rating, after a sprint or the high strokes taken at the beginning of a race. It allows the boat to apply constant power at a more manageable cadence.
| Who was the coach of the gisborne girls high school rowing club in 2003? | Rowing Greats
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Keith Vette. Keith Vette once rowed at NZ national level. He had coached Gisborne girls rowing for many years. He didn't get paid for all those early mornings and committed time he spent at rowing.
| Who is the stroker of the U-19 eight which won bronze at Maadi in 2003? | Rowing Greats
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Georgia Halley. Georgia Halley is part of a family full of rowers. Her two older sisters rowed and her younger one also started her novice season. Georgia's sister Bess was in the NZ U-23 four. On the third day of the Maadi regatta she dressed up as a paper Dutch trojan.
| Who were close friends and competitors for Gisborne girls U-16 quad in 2003? | Rowing Greats
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Rotorua Lakes High School. Rotorua Lakes girls (aka "Lakers") were top rowers who won gold at Maadi leaving St Magarets in there wake.
| What Gisborne crew won gold at NZ North Island Secondary Schools Regatta in 2003? | Rowing Greats
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girls under seventeen eight. This crew consisted of Hannah Loundon, Odette Sceats, Tess Mackay, Ellyce Stehlin, Jenna Wolter, Claire Connel, Nadene Rutland, Katie Harper and coxswain Jess Maclellen.
Tess Mackay & Ellyce Stehlin. These two girls lived very close to each other. At their first regatta they won their repacharge, this was a great moment for them. Their close personal friends are "Caro" and "Georgie" Ever-swindel.
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