Row as our craft was a stick-in-the-mud (8)
I believe the answer is:
dinosaur
'our craft was a stick-in-the-mud' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'row as' is the wordplay.
'row' becomes 'din' (both can mean a loud disturbance).
'as' becomes 'osaur' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'din'+'osaur'='DINOSAUR'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dinosaur that I've seen before include "Enormous extinct reptile of ancient times" , "Large extinct reptile" , "Prehistoric monster from Jurassic era" , "is well out of date" , "I adorn US with this old creature" .)