Yep! I steered and yelled out instructions to my 8. It was a blast...but too much pressure to drop weight, which was hard when I was working out 3 hours a day after class with rowers!
The NCAA minimum is 115 lbs, and they want you as close to that as possible. When I started, I was 110...when I quit, I was 125. I'm back to 110 now, though.