恶劣水况 · 黄哲静

Adapted from The Ultimate USC Coxswain Guide by Sophia Steck.

We’re lucky to have flat water — but not always: think hail storms, strong winds, and the wake that flooded the boat. Your job is to react quickly and calmly, adjust the strokes and steer accordingly.

Head wind

To be added.

Tail wind

A tail wind lets the boat fly (especially lightweights), but it takes finesse.

Blades catch the wind, so square up a little earlier — let the blades act like sails for “free length” at the catch.
They still need to control bodies and slides so they don’t fly with the blades.
It’s easy to get stuck at the finish — call for Quick, clean finishes and Hands away.

Cross wind

A cross wind mainly affects two things: your set and your point.

Small wakes / chop

Common in a port full of tugboats. Only you can see the wakes coming, so warn the crew and tell them how to handle it:

There's a wake coming from the port side in about five strokes.
Big turns on the port side — the side the wake hits makes bigger turns at the finish, keeping blades clear and the boat set.
Tell them when they’re through.

In general chop, both sides make bigger turns for a longer stretch — same idea.

Large wakes

A massive white-capped wake coming at you is terrifying — think fast. Turn the boat parallel to the wake and lean away from it. This raises the height the wave has to reach before it gets in.

Prop wash

The scariest one: the swirling water behind a tugboat, usually when it’s perpendicular to the channel pushing a cargo ship into place.

Best option: avoid it — Weigh nuff and turn around (especially in the red-buoy channel).
If Coach has you row through (on the way to the green bridge), stay as far from the tug as you can while leaving room to get pushed toward shore — because you will.
Drop every other call and focus on where you’re headed. Have one side power up to counter the push.
Always warn them first: Prop wash coming up.

整理自 Sophia Steck 的 The Ultimate USC Coxswain Guide。

我们通常有平静的水面，但不会永远如此：冰雹、大风、甚至把船灌满水的浪都遇到过。舵手的责任是快速而冷静地反应，调整桨手的划法，并相应地掌舵。

逆风（Head wind）

待补充。

顺风（Tail wind）

顺风能让船飞起来（轻量级尤其明显），但需要技巧。

桨叶会兜风，所以稍早立桨——让桨叶像帆一样，在入水时获得“免费的长度”。
仍要控制身体和滑轨，别被桨叶带着冲。
顺风时容易卡在结束位——可以喊 Quick, clean finishes、Hands away。

侧风（Cross wind）

侧风主要影响两件事：船的平衡（set）和你的参照点（point）。

小浪 / 碎波

港口里拖船多，这很常见。只有舵手能看到浪过来，所以要提前提醒，并告诉大家怎么应对：

There's a wake coming from the port side in about five strokes.（左舷大约五桨后有浪）
Big turns on the port side——浪打过来的一侧在结束时把桨柄转得更大，避免桨叶被浪卡住，也补偿浪把船压向一侧。
通过之后告诉大家。

如果是持续的碎波，两侧都要长时间加大翻桨，道理相同。

大浪

看到带白沫的大浪冲过来非常吓人，必须马上反应：把船转到与浪平行，并让身体远离浪的一侧倾斜。 这样浪需要更高才能灌进船里。

螺旋桨尾流（Prop wash）

最可怕的情况：拖船后面翻滚的乱流，通常出现在拖船垂直于航道、推着货轮靠位的时候。

最好的办法是避开——Weigh nuff，然后掉头（尤其是在红色浮标航道）。
如果教练要求穿过（去绿桥的路上），尽量远离拖船，同时给自己留出被推向岸边的空间——因为一定会被推。
放下其他所有口令，专注方向。让一侧加力，抵消被推的力量。
一定提前提醒：Prop wash coming up.