Re: Take two scullers

"David Gillbe" <david.NO^&[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL 
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> PS wrote:
> > Seat the heavier of the two at stroke (For most boats; You can look at
> > them from the dock, and if there is an over-generous dip of the stern,
> > try trading them round.), and that's about it.
> 
> Though I can understand the logic of doing that in terms of lifting the bow
> out of the water, in almost every mixed double I've ever seen, the woman
> (and hence, the shorter and lighter rower (usually)) tends to be at stroke.
> Any thoughts as to why that would be?

It's not so much the lifting out that would be the objective, but the
"not digging in".  For both ends of the boat really, I guess that's
what makes the Mixed races so interesting.  My wife and I borrowed a
boat for a race and only had one chance to practice in it, I should
have realized that trading round and putting her at stroke would have
been a better balance when I was having to rig all teh way up and she
was having to rig all the way down while we were in the usual order.

I've rarely seen the lighter/shorter rower at stroke, and would have
no idea why anyone would do it, other than the example above where I
should have done it, but did not.

- Paul Smith