Post by Admin on Nov 7, 2016 22:46:51 GMT 12
In four-oared racing-boats the coxswain should not weigh more than 7st, and few boats as now built carry much more than weight with sufficient buoyancy.
In an eight-oar he may be 9st, of perhaps a few pounds over. It is seldom that a good head can be obtained on a body of less than 7st in weight; but there is no doubt that every pound tells in a boat as well as on a horse.
Nevertheless, good steering balances any weight up to that amount, and even another stone had better be given away than to put an inefficient steerer into the responsible office which he fills in a sharply contested race.
Manual of British rural sports 1856
In an eight-oar he may be 9st, of perhaps a few pounds over. It is seldom that a good head can be obtained on a body of less than 7st in weight; but there is no doubt that every pound tells in a boat as well as on a horse.
Nevertheless, good steering balances any weight up to that amount, and even another stone had better be given away than to put an inefficient steerer into the responsible office which he fills in a sharply contested race.
Manual of British rural sports 1856