Coxswain plank seat

Rebecca May 2, 2022

Rebecca has a great rowing hack for situations when you need a coxswain but a suitably small person is not available.

Her club designed a “plank seat” for the coxswain.

How to build a cox’s plank seat

We took a plank of wood and found an old sculling seat top (we removed the undercarriage). The one we chose happened to have light blue foam seat pad glued to it – but you don’t need that. It’s just extra comfort.

The plank is around 20 cm wider than the width of the boat where the cox sits – so there’s no chance it will slip down.

Screw the seat to the middle. And we also added a pink lanyard with a clip on the end. This loops over the steering wires as a safety feature in case the plank falls into the water during the outing – it won’t float away.

cox plank seat ,steering rowing boat — Side view of the cox seat showing depth of the plank and the seat top.

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