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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.
Concept2, Inc. is an American manufacturer of rowing equipment and exercise machines based in Morrisville, Vermont.It is best known for its air resistance indoor rowing machines (known as "ergometers" or "ergs"), which are considered the standard training and testing machines for competition rowers and can be found in most gyms.
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 ...
After failing to be selected they started selling oars and started the company that is now Concept2. [ 2 ] His wife Julia "Judy" Geer was a rower in the 1976 and 1984 Olympics , [ 3 ] and his sister-in-law Charlotte "Carlie" Geer won a silver medal in single sculls in the 1984 Olympics. [ 4 ]
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A pair of sculling oars. The "blades" are at the top of the picture and the handles are at the bottom. Croker Oars [1] is an Australian manufacturer of rowing oars that was started by Howard Croker OAM [2] in Sydney, Australia. [3] They are now manufactured on Oxley Island, Taree, on the banks of the lower Manning River, in New South Wales. [4]
Coxless pair icon A coxless pair which is a sweep-oar boat. The rower on the left of the photo, or the bow of the boat. is rowing "starboard" or "bowside". The rower on the right of the photo and closest to the stern of the boat is rowing "port" or "strokeside".
A coxed pair, abbreviated as a 2+, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain (cox). The crew consists of two rowers, each having one oar, and a cox. One rower is on the port side (rower's right hand side) and other is on the ...