A bowloader or bow-coxed shell is a racing shell in which the coxswain lies semi-supine in the bow, as opposed to the normal seated position at the stern.
The Dutch coxed pair at the 1977 World Rowing Championships, Evert Kroes and Peter van de Pas with coxswain Poul de Haan in the bow
In rowing, the bow is the rower seated closest to the bow of the boat, which is the forward part of the boat. The other end of the boat is called the stern, and the rower seated there is called the st
In this picture of a coxless pair, the rower on the left of the photo and closest to the bow of the boat is the "bow" rower and is rowing "bowside" or "starboard"