Rowing; Punting (the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes) (1898)
Rowe, R. P. P., Squire, P. W., Duke of Beaufort (Ed.) · Longmans, Green and Co. (London) · leaf 338
PUNT RACING , 275 in addition, if the punt passes pretty close to the ryepeck, the punter or his pole is very likely to touch it, which in either case would make him very unsteady. If, on the other hand, the punt is taken wide of the ryepeck, it is less easy to give the swing which in No. (ii.) is… … fast past the ryepeck, as it occupies but a moment to face round and stop up: there is no shifting of the weight of the punter from one side to the other ; and last, but by no means least, the tendency of the punt to swing when stopped-up willin this case bring it in the direction required.…
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