Schaefer’s rowing origins are common among coxswains ... The coxswain sits in the back of an eight-person boat and is the only set of eyes looking forward; the rowers face the water behind ...

Coxswain: This is the only person facing the front of the boat. A coxswain is typically smaller in stature and sits in the back of the boat. Instead of rowing, the coxswain guides the rowers (who ...

A man is hoping to become the first person to row around Great Britain solo—covering 2,000 miles in just 60 days in his ...

If he succeeds, 44-year-old Aurimas Mockus from Lithuania will be the first person in the world to complete the 12,000-kilometer (nearly 8,000 mile) trip alone in a rowing boat, without help or stops.