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What is the name of the person who steers a rowing boat?
If the boat has an oarsman...a Coxswain.
What is the name of the person who steers a boat?
a helm or a helms man is a person who steers the boot or submarine
What is the name of where the captain steers the boat?
helm
What is the name given to a person who steers a boat?
a coxwain. or cox'n. sometimes it is even abbrieviated all the way down to cox.
What is the name of the first oarsman in an rowing boat?
Stroke
What is the Name for a long narrow boat?
Generally a long narrow rowing boat (varying from 1 to 8 persons) is refered to as a "rowing shell" or simply "a shell"
What is the name of the person who steers a yacht?
Helmsman
What its called to steer a boat?
It is called manning the helm. And no, it is not sexist. The root man ( as in woman and chairman) simply means "human being," and to man something, such as a helm, is to put a person on it.Somebody who steers a racing shell is called a coxswain.One name for somebody who is in charge of a boat is called a cox'n, which is a contraction of coxswain.Steering the boat is called being at the helm. So the person steering would be called the helmsman or the quartermaster.The navigator would be in charge of the route the vessel takes.Depending on the size of the vessel these positions could be occupied by different people or just one.A large ship will be steered by the quartermaster, but in general, the person who steers a boat is called a coxswain, shortened to cox'n and cox. Cox is particularly used when referring to rowing boats.
What is the name of a long and narrow racing boat propelled by oars?
Rowing Shell.
What is the birth name of Larry Steers?
Larry Steers's birth name is Lawrence Wells Steers.
What is another name for a rowing crew?
a crew, a boat, a lineup, a rowing team are all commonly used by athletes in the sport. I'm a 4 year rower and we call it just simply "crew" and when we refer to the people in our boat we call it "our boat". A lineup is the allotmant of people from bow to stroke seat.
What does the word cox mean?
I dont think Cox is a real name.You could name someone Cox but their would be no meaning.
