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The horizontal dotted line corresponds to a pull of 100 pounds 
and the vertical one to a stroke length of 80°. 
Fig. 4. Some Characteristics—Sliding Seats. 
Four fixed-seat characteristics are shown in Fig. 5. The 
results given in the table are generally deduced from a larger 
number of measures than the diagrams, and in some cases additional 
experiments have been introduced, so that the correspondence 
between the figures and table is not necessarily exact. 
An inspection of the characteristics reveals the great individual- 
ity in stroke-form that exists even among men who have rowed 
together and undergone the same course of instruction, and using 
the same boat and oar. Two diagrams could scarcely be more 
different than Band #. The author has found that the form B is 
rather typical of the heavy man’s stroke—a powerful stroke, but 
with a sluggish beginning, while / typifies the light man who has 
a smart beginning, and quickly reaches his highest pressure, which 
he lacks strength to continue through the stroke. 
A comparison of the sliding seat with fixed seat strokes, shows 
that the latter generally have a much weaker finish, suggesting that 
the chance of good leg-work at the finish is diminished on a fixed 
seat. As is to be expected, the strokes are some 8 inches shorter. 
This shows—as an oarsman well knows—that a 14” slide does 
not add its full length to the stroke, since the ‘swing’ in sliding 
seat rowing is rather shorter than on a fixed seat. 
