Thanks to Charlie’s “cramp in foot”, I’ve brushed up my non-existent knowledge of rowing – didn’t know about sliding seats and footplates; so for Sir Steve to answer my question, he’s going to have to come out of retirement and do a bit of this 
@charlie: Maybe your Scottish water should be accompanied by fat Coke, not by your usual tingy, diet stuff…and is a female coxswain called a henswain? (sounds much more capable of egging on a team 
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