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Sculling (redirect from Single oar scull)Sculling is the use of oars to propel a boat by moving them through the water on both sides of the craft, or moving one oar over the stern. A long, narrow boat...8 KB (961 words) - 01:31, 13 July 2023
Rowing (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)are reversed depending on the context. On saltwater a "pulling boat" has each person working one oar on one side, alternating port and starboard along the...26 KB (3,644 words) - 06:29, 18 July 2024- Glossary of rowing terms (redirect from Catch a crab)Handle The part of the oar that the rowers hold and pull with during the stroke. Hatchet blade Modern oar blades that have a more rectangular hatchet-shape...44 KB (6,950 words) - 19:40, 23 July 2024
Stern sculling is the use of a single oar over the stern of a boat to propel it with side-to-side motions that create forward lift in the water. The strict...9 KB (1,161 words) - 04:29, 5 September 2024
Rowing (sport) (section Oar)boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat...65 KB (7,150 words) - 18:32, 24 August 2024
is typically propelled by a gondolier, who uses a rowing oar, which is not fastened to the hull, in a sculling manner, and also acts as the rudder. The...23 KB (2,190 words) - 15:32, 15 August 2024- Dragon boat (category Articles to be expanded from May 2023)steer, a steerer will put the blade of the oar into the water and either push the handle away from him/her, or pull it toward him/her. Doing so will turn the...26 KB (3,337 words) - 04:07, 11 August 2024
the beginning of the pull, the hand acts like a wing and is moved slower than the swimmer while at the end it acts like an oar and is moved faster than...19 KB (2,770 words) - 08:38, 6 August 2024
different from an oar (which is similar in shape and performs the same function via rowing) in that the latter is attached to the watercraft via a fulcrum. However...7 KB (942 words) - 12:49, 8 August 2024
Trireme (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)A trireme (/ˈtraɪriːm/ TRY-reem; derived from Latin: trirēmis, "with three banks of oars"; cf. Ancient Greek: triērēs, literally "three-rower") was an...49 KB (6,838 words) - 05:05, 20 July 2024
common to have a center oar rig where clients do not paddle, and where gear is stored. Guides oar guiding will use techniques such as 'walking the oars' through...7 KB (941 words) - 16:33, 8 August 2024
A gig /ˈɡɪɡ/ is a type of boat. It was optimised for speed under oar, but usually also fitted with a sailing rig for appropriate conditions. The type was...10 KB (1,296 words) - 21:30, 25 November 2023
Ships of ancient Rome (category Cleanup tagged articles with a reason field from August 2023)and 5 m (16 ft) wide with a 1 m (3 ft 3 in) draft. Two rows of oarsmen pulled 18 oars per side. The ship could make up to fourteen knots under sail and...51 KB (8,465 words) - 18:48, 31 August 2024
Florida–Georgia football rivalry (redirect from Okefenokee Oar)universities announced the creation of a new trophy, the "Okefenokee Oar". The 10-foot-long Oar was donated anonymously to the University of Florida in 2009...81 KB (8,349 words) - 02:25, 8 September 2024
selected athletes were allowed to compete neutrally under the special IOC designation of "Olympic Athletes from Russia" (OAR), provided they could meet certain...123 KB (8,230 words) - 08:14, 9 September 2024- in a helicopter in search of Jessie and Sean. Perry shows Charlie a piece of the oar and tells him that he found it 25 miles north of their current position...10 KB (1,278 words) - 11:34, 8 June 2024
boats were lowered and I was ordered by the deck officer to man an oar, I waved good-bye to Mr. Guggenheim, and that was the last I saw of him and [Giglio]...15 KB (1,501 words) - 20:42, 11 August 2024- given for the largest common boat, the sweep oar eight (which is always coxed), but the same principles apply to smaller boats, sculling boats, and coxless...7 KB (1,182 words) - 11:39, 28 July 2024
husband good-bye and as he stood on the deck I went down the side of the lifeboat. There were no seamen there. It was for life or death. I took an oar and...19 KB (2,180 words) - 22:04, 1 August 2024
a course to steer. The longships had two methods of propulsion: oars and sail. At sea, the sail enabled longships to travel faster than by oar and to...61 KB (8,478 words) - 23:42, 3 August 2024
- air of assurance. To do him justice he was a well-built lad, and those who had seen him out on the river knew he could pull a good oar. Whether he had racing
- IN A BOAT?! [sees oars in Captain's hands] No, those are our oars. We need those oars! Captain Haddock: Yes, but not for much longer. [breaks oars in
- said to have once lost the race by breaking his oar at a critical moment. Since then, as coach, he has made many other oars; and it is not too much to say