Word: coxswaine
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stroke: oarsman next to the coxswain. (see caress...
...coxswain: occupant of the boat that seems to be the only one facing the right way (frontwards). Easily identifiable by the large beek protruding from the mouth known as a "megaphone." Coxswains are the lightest members of the crew and are responsible for steering, coordinating cadence with the stroke, and fighting off crude spectators' assertions that they are wimpish, because of their small stature. (see jockey...
...know it has to be winter-not only is there snow on the ground (sometimes), but there aren't even any crews out cruising on the Charles. Where there were fleets in October there are now occasional chunks of ice (without coxswain) headed downstream. One would figure the crew jocks got wise and bagged it this time of year, since it's too cold to row anyway...
...Radcliffe shell, manned by Ruth Colker, Diane Hickman, Wicki Royden, Robin Lothrup, and coxswain Patty Glovsky, took the race by two seconds despite a collision with another shell which cost them half on oar, and a tangle with a buoy that left them at a momentary near-standstill...
...knew we had a really good chance, but we thought that Kirkland would be in there too," said Mather coxswain Maurice McWhirter after the race. Kirkland, though, was a distant sixth, never a factor in the race...