... in head races and sprints. Head races consist of rowing in open water for a length of 1500 - 2000 meters during the warm spring months. All of the boats are positioned on floating docks that are lined on a point in the horizon. The head referee skims the water behind the racers in his ski boat and provides assistance when novice boats begin to drift towards each other. At ... too far ahead to later be caught. Her voice is the throttle. The payoff is at the finish line. The coxswain earns her free ride by her skill in expending her crew's last reserves of energy at the proper time to cro...

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