#who needs a garter when you have a stopwatch

[savvylittlecoxswain]

@sparrow-in-the-field i see u fam

"In the shell, a coxswain wears a headband which holds a megaphone in front of his mouth (he has to use both hands for steezing), a pair of shorts, and a watch strapped to his left thigh. The watch is for estimating the speed of his own crew and the other contestants. Speed is measured in strokes per minute; you count the number of strokes rowed in 30 seconds. and multiply by two. Some people count for 15 seconds and multiply by four, but Moch says this isn’t accurate enough.”

—Syracuse Herald, 9 August 1936