Rowing Vocabulary

Person who steers the shell and is the on-the-water coach for the crew

• rigger

• crew master

• coxswain

• captain

One of the two disciplines of rowing in which the rower uses two oars

• sweeping

• sculling

• sliding

• stroking

The result of a faulty stroke in which the oar is jammed underwater and the oar handle hits the rower in the chest or stomach possibly injuring the rower or ejecting the rower from the boat

• catching a rig

• catching a scull

• catching a fish

• catching a crab

The moment at which the spoon of the blade is immersed in the water and propulsive force applied. Immersion and force application should be indistinguishable actions.

• the catch

• the pitch

• the push

• the release

Rowing with one oar on one side of the boat

• sliding

• sweeping

• sculling

• shelling

Metal outriggers attached to the boat outer shell of the boat next to each seat that support the swivel and the pin

• fins

• spoons

• slides

• riggers

The rowing position in which the spoon is flat to the water for the recovery section of the stroke.

• catch

• slide

• feather

• cox

Race in which crews are timed over a set distance; usually runs as a processional race rather than side by side.

• head race

• coxless race

• stake boat race

• stern pitch race

Two metal runners on which the seat travels.

• span

• saxboard

• shell

• slide

To turn the oar so that the spoon is at 90 degrees to the water.

• stroke

• square

• span

• bow