The hardest part of a coxswain is also getting the other eight members of his boat to row in harmony and in unison. ... but I did get my rowing merit badge when I was in Boy Scouts — if that counts.

Undersized at the time, he was thrust into the role of coxswain. Now a senior, Schaefer steers Gonzaga’s second varsity eight boat. Schaefer’s rowing origins are common among coxswains across ...

Each was a coxswain (rhymes with toxin): the person in charge of a competitive rowing crew. Perched in one end of the boat and the only person looking where the boat is actually going, the ...

Dave Corke's first launch as lifeboat coxswain could be described as a baptism of fire - literally. He remembers how, in 1991, he and his RNLI crew were summoned from exercises to an emergency ...

What can she possibly be adding to her boat's success? She's the coxswain, and her role is invaluable. The coxswain is each boat's conduit between the rowers and the officials on the course.

Finding an able coxswain is a major problem for most college crew coaches. Coxswains must be strong enough to steer the shell straight, shrewd enough to detect faults in the crew’s performance ...

‘The Power of a Female Coxswain’: An Unsung Hero of the Head of the Charles It might seem daunting to think about steering a boat around tricky twists and turns while barreling down a river at ...

Some of the shirtless boys groaned, but Meeks’s coxswain, senior Andrea Pappas, sitting in the stern of the boat and wearing a tie-dyed T-shirt, gave him a thumbs-up. Pappas then turned her head ...

Becky Cannon's father and grandfather were both RNLI coxswains A 24-year-old woman from Kent has become what is believed to be the RNLI's youngest ever female coxswain. Becky Cannon follows in the ...

Dave Corke's first launch as lifeboat coxswain could be described as a baptism ... on a 31-year career which has led to a long service badge, seven letters of recognition and the heart-warming ...