without feathering the blades on the recovery. "Waist, ready, up" Tells the crew to lift the shell to their waist. "Watch your blades (side)" Tells one side to look out at their blades, and take action to prevent them possibly hitting something. "Way enough" The command to stop rowing or, in some cases, whatever the rower is doing, whether it be walking with the boat overhead or rowing. ("Way" is a nautical term for the movement of a boat through water (as in headway and right-of-way). So the command "way enough", literally means enough moving the boat). Often pronounced way-nuf, wane-up or wane-off in the United States. Stroke Air strokeTo take a stroke without the blade having been placed in the water, resulting in a complete lack of power. Backsplash Water thrown back toward the bow direction by the blade as it enters the water. Less is best. This indicates that the blade has been properly planted before the rower initiates the drive. Backwater To propel the shell backwards. Body angle Amount of forward lean of rower's body from hips at the catch. Bury the blade Submerge the blade totally in the water. Catch The part of the stroke at which the oar blade enters the water and the drive begins. Rowers conceptualize the oar blade as 'catching' or grabbing hold of the water. Catch point Where the blade enters the water. Check The amount of interruption of the forward movement—usually occurs at the catch and sometimes at the release. Cover The distance between one set of puddles and the next set of puddles. , or catch a crab A rowing error where the rower is unable to timely remove or release the oar blade from the water and the oar blade acts as a brake on the boat until it is removed from the water. This results in slowing the boat down. A severe crab can even eject a rower (colloquially an "ejector crab") from the shell or capsize the boat (unlikely except in small boats). Occasionally, in a severe crab, the oar handle will knock the rower flat and end up behind them, in which case it is referred to as an "over-the-head crab". Drive The propulsive portion of the stroke from the time the oar blade enters the water ('catch') until it is removed from the water ('release'). Drunken octopus / drunken spider The poor technique evident