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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

After 20 years of front line service with the RNLI, the coxswain of the Barrow lifeboat is hanging up his waterproofs to take up shore-based duties. Alec Moore joined the south Cumbrian lifeboat ...

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 footsteps of her father and grandfather in taking charge of ...

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 ...