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Rowing

For the grown-up beside a child who loves rowing.

The child's own door is Rowing on Spark & Anvil.

There is no Whetstone tool or course for rowing yet, so this page is the sideline card and your child's ladder.

The sideline card

Three numbers to notice

  1. The race: 2,000 metres, straight, usually with six crews in six lanes.
  2. The boat’s code: an x means each rower has two oars, and no x means one oar each. A + means a cox steers; a − means no cox.
  3. An 8+ is eight rowers and a cox, and it is usually the fastest boat on the water.

On the way home, ask: “When in the race did the boats seem to speed up?”

Ask because you are curious, and let any answer stand. Print this page for a half-page card.

Numbers checked against: World Rowing Rules of Racing

Your child's ladder · on Spark & Anvil

The same idea at every age

  1. Ages 3–5Not made yet
  2. Ages 6–8Not made yet
  3. Ages 9–14Not made yet
  4. Ages 15–18Eight Rowers, Not Eight Times as Fast

Your child will meet this idea again at every age. The sideline card is the part for you.