- Betting shirts
- In collegiate competition, crews sometimes "bet" their shirts on the
race, and the loser must render a racing shirt with their logo on it to
the winner. Traditionally, this was done as the boats were pulled
together right after the race ended and shirts were exchanged, but it is
now usually done off the water. While there has been questions in
regards to the legality of this practice after women's collegiate crew
joined the NCAA, the tradition of betting shirts is upheld by the NCAA
Operating Bylaws, Section 10.3.1.1.
The term can refer to either the practice or the shirt itself; some
crews have shirts made specifically for betting so as to keep their
racing jerseys should they lose a race.
- Egg beater
- A race where the crews are drawn randomly from a hat, so that boats
are made up of members from different teams and often the lineups
include coxswains as rowers and vice versa. Also known as scratch race.
- Scratch Crew
- A crew which has not rowed with each other before.
- Open water race
- Competition on unsheltered water exposed to current, tide, wind and
requiring navigation skills as well as strength, endurance, and
technique. Generally uses a mass start and includes a mix of
human-powered boats. Typical race distances are 6 to 26 miles.
- Pot
- A tankard awarded as a prize to each member of a winning crew.
- Seat race
- A method to compare two rowers in fours or eights. Two boats race
against each other once. One rower from each boat switch positions, and
the two boats race again. Relative performance in the two races is used
to compare the abilities of the two rowers.
- Trailer
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41 foot aluminium trailer with various types of rowing boats |
A specially made trailer designed to transport boats for the sport of rowing. The trailers are typically made of steel or aluminium and come in a variety of sizes and configurations.