[header] How to row (beginner ) [title] Stretch. [title] Bring the boat to the water. [step] During this step, do not do anything your coxswain (or other person directing you) doesn't say, and do everything he/she does say. 
The instructions will typically be very clear and specific. [substeps] With the other members of your boat, and probably a few others besides, pick up your boat, gently swing it over your head, and balance it there on extended arms as you walk towards the water.