Word: sweepingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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port: a starboard sweep rows with his or her left hand on the end of the oar handle...
seat racing: the ultimate--and most brutal--test for an individual sweep. Two fours are lined up and raced, two rowers switch boats and the race is repeated. The stronger rower is determined by the relative results of the two races...
starboard: a port sweep rows with his or her right hand on the end of the oar handle...
stroke: the most important sweep in an eight. The stroke sits nearest the coxswain and sets the pace for the entire boat by determining the rate of strokes per minute. Usually a shell will row around 36 strokes (28 for as head race) a minute but pick up the pace near the end of the race during the final...
...sweep: to row with only one blade. This is as opposed to sculling, which is with two blades, one in each hand. A sweep has both hands on one blade...