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Sports

Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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full pressure

Sports; Rowing

See Full Paddle.

gate

Sports; Rowing

This is a bar across the oarlock that prevents the oar from coming out of the oarlock. It can be removed to take out or put oars in the oarlock.

german rig

Sports; Rowing

This is an type of oar arrangement whereby two consecutive rowers, in an eight man boat this is usually the fourth and fifth rowers, have their oars on the same side of a shell ...

gunwale

Sports; Rowing

The upper edge of the shell. This is a strip of wood that runs the length of a shell.

half pressure

Sports; Rowing

An oarsman placing half of their physical exertion on an oar. They are also not paddling as rapidly as during Full Paddle.

head race

Sports; Rowing

Two crews will race on the same course at different times and whichever crew has the fastest time will win the race or at least come in ahead of the other crew. A time trail ...

sweeping oar

Sports; Rowing

Sweep oars are long and have a wide blade. A sweep oar is about 3.8 meters (approx. 12 feet) long, as compared to a sculling oar, which is 2.98 meters (approx. 10 feet) long.