Rowing

Rowing

Rowing is a competitive sport where rowers race each other in boats by using oars to propel themselves forward. The athlete sits in the boat facing backwards with two oars (one on either side).

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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.

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 while the rest of the ...

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 basically.

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.