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2. List of rowing boat manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   The following are the most commonly used recreational sliding seat shell manufacturers in current use: Baumgarten Bootsbau; C-Line; Echo Rowing; Edon Sculling Boats; Gig Harbor Boat Works; Leo Coastal Rowing; LiteBoat; Little River Marine; Maas Boat Company; Peinert Boat; 1 Australia (wavecutter) Rowing Sport Boats (RS boats) Virus; Volans ...

3. Oar (sport rowing) - Wikipedia

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   When the rower uses one oar on one side, it is called sweep rowing that the single oar is called a "sweep" oar. [1] When the rower uses two oars at the same time, one on each side, it is called sculling, and the two oars are called a pair of "sculls". Typical sculls are around 284 cm - 290 cm in length — sweep oars are 370 cm - 376 cm.

4. Sweep rowing - Wikipedia

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   In the United Kingdom, rowing generally refers to sweep rowing only. The term pulling was also used historically. [2] In the other rowing discipline, sculling, each rower holds two oars, one in each hand. Sweep or single oar rowing has a long history and was the means of propulsion for Greek triremes and Viking longboats. These boats were wide ...

5. Pocock Racing Shells - Wikipedia

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   Its establishment dates back to 1984, and since then, it has been actively engaged in promoting an objective awareness of rowing in the Pacific Northwest through the development of new rowing programs. The foundation provides rowing opportunities for at-risk children and adults in the community while also sponsoring men and women training for ...

6. Eight (rowing) - Wikipedia

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   An eight, abbreviated as an 8+, is a racing shell used in competitive rowing (crew). It is designed for eight rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars, and is steered by a coxswain, or "cox". Each of the eight rowers has one oar. The rowers sit in a line in the centre of the boat and face the stern.

7. A 'Shark Tank' entrepreneur wanted to keep manufacturing in ...

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   An Iowa company stepped up after an inventor refused a deal from 'Shark Tank' investors because he wanted his product made in the U.S.A.

8. Stern sculling - Wikipedia

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   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. [1] The strict terminology of propulsion by oar is complex and contradictory, and varies by context. Stern sculling may also simply be referred to as "sculling", most commonly so in a maritime situation.

9. Racing shell - Wikipedia

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   In watercraft, a racing shell (also referred to as a fine boat (UK) or simply a shell) is an extremely narrow, and often comparatively long, rowing boat specifically designed for racing or exercise. It is equipped with long oars, outriggers to hold the oarlocks away from the boat, and sliding seats. The boat's long length and semicircular cross ...