The coxswain is each boats conduit between the rowers and the officials on the course. If you weighed any less than that you had to carry extra weight each time you launched for a race. The lightweight squad tips the scales between 121 and 130 pounds with heights between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 10 inches. Senior national team shows that the female open rowers range between 5 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 3 inches with weight between 110 and 185 pounds. Coxswains are a different case altogether. Before the regatta there is a meeting between the officials coxswains and coaches.
The varsity 8 coxswain my freshman year of high school was 61 and 140 pounds. Does anyone know of taller coxswains. Us rowing the governing body of rowing in the united states does require female coxswains to weigh at least 110 pounds for all rowing events. Height doesnt quite matter at all as long as youre a reasonable weight. Some mens college teams will even have a female coxswain to help keep the body weight on the boat down. Coxswains tend to be slight in size which helps to minimize the drag on the boat.
120lbs for mens coxswains. I myself am around 5ft. There is not even agreement on what the coxswains primary job is. Out of pure curiosity is there any unofficial maximum coxswain height or weight even. I know coaches usually like to have their coxswains small less dead weight to pull around etc. 110lbs for coxswains of womens boats.
A review of the 2013 us. And if it does get to be subjective we are all used to looking at rowers in a boat and saying this one rows better than that one. I know plenty of coxswains between 5ft. Then i was introduced to the concept of coxswain weigh ins for masters nationals. It is permissible in certain regattas to have lighter coxswains but crews are required to sandbag their shells to make up the difference. They placed 3rd in the junior 8 at sraas 2nd place at the vasra state championship and did ok at youths.
There are seat racing results size and weight measurements. Usrowing regulations require that a coxswain in an event for mens crews shall weigh at least 120 lbs and a coxswain in an event for womens crews shall weigh at least 110 lbs.
Gallery of Coxswain Weight And Height
