[Low-Tech] Boating vs Shiphandling

[Phil Masters]

Originally Posted by gruundehn

Never paid that much attention to rowing crews, does the cox of a rowing 8 steer or is that race just straight line?

Yes, last I looked the cox was operating a rudder. Even straight-line races require sticking to that line.

To be honest, I'd probably go for the Sports (Rowing Cox) option in that case. It's a highly specialised sort of boating. But it's certainly not Handling a Ship.