Many moons ago, when Discovery was moored on the Thames and I was a Sea Sprout I spent a weekend aboard. There was a competition to see which Sprout could collect the most newspapers which were then sold to a recycling company to raise funds. I was well placed in the competition so won a place on the Discovery weekend.
One of the activities was rowing navy whalers down to Greenwich. I was so weedy I couldn't manage the weight of the oars so spent the trip sat in the bows on a coil of rope.