You Know You're a Rower When...
All the things that makes crew the most unique sport.

bored rowers since 9-18-2011

… you get angry when people call you a “crewer”, and people ask if you’re going “crewing”.

…your family knows all the rowing terms (and gets tired of them).

…you say port, starboard, and weighnuff instead of left, right, and stop.

…you refer to your hands as “inside and outside”, not “left and right”.

…words like “drive,” “stroke,” and “feather” don’t have the same meanings.

…you say crew things around non-rowers and then realize that it sounds dirty.

…the occasional “weigh nuff” slips out when you’re talking to your non-rower friends. Confusion ensues.

…instead of telling someone to chill out when they’re mad you tell them to settle.

…you can decipher codes such as NW8+ or 2M4-.

…girls openly stroke girls, boys openly stroke boys, and hell mend you if you have a problem with that…

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