An oarsman in his youth, he was a member of the 1968 cadet eight who travelled the country competing. |
The oarsman should then initiate the first part of the upper body effort by pushing his shoulders back. |
Mark watched the other ship draw closer, sensing the increase in their own speed as the sails filled again and the oarsman got their rhythm. |
After a ten-mile pull on the river, a shandygaff of Bass and champagne is comforting to the oarsman. |
The oarsman should use his inside arm to square his blade as it comes over the toes and should let his hands rise gently into the catch. |
The last anyone heard of him he was an oarsman on an officer's barge. |