Pairs and fours may or may not have a coxswain.
A sport on the water where teams are in boats (shells) and are propelled by oars. There can be boats with 1, 2, 4, or 8 people + a coxswain who stears and coaches the boat.
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In the middle
I think you mean Coxswain. the Coxswain (or Cox) is the person who steers in a rowing boat.
Either bowman or coxswain (coxswain if it is a bow coxed boat, bowman otherwise)
If you mean a coxswain this would have more to to with a row boat than a ship. A coxswain sits in the back and steers a rowboat, usually in a race.
The Little Coxswain of the Varsity Eight - 1908 was released on: USA: 15 July 1908
coxswain
The coxswain is seen as the leader of a rowing team and sits in the bow of the boat. They are in charge of monitoring the other racers and setting the rowing tempo.
Cox is an abbreviation of Coxswain. The Coxswain is the individual responsible for a small boat. They are normally the one driving the boat under the direction of the Boat Officer.