- (UK: /ˈrɒlək/),
sometimes spur (due to the
similarity in
shape and size),
oarlock (American English) or gate, is a
brace that
attaches an oar to a boat....
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connected to the
vessel by
means of a
pivot point for the oar,
either an
oarlock, or a thole. The oar is
placed in the
pivot point with a
short portion...
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portion and the oar
crutch pivots in the
socket whilst in use. A
rowlock or
oarlock is, in
strict terminology, a U-shaped cut-out in the top-most
strake of...
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pieces and can be held in
place with a
plastic stopper called an
oarlock. The
oarlock allows the oar to
maintain its
position on the oar at a
correct length...
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phase of the stroke.
Oarlock The
rectangular lock at the end of the
rigger which physically attaches the oar to the boat. The
oarlock also
allows the rower...
- are
rowlocks (also
known as
oarlocks). Conventionally, a
dinghy will have an oar on each side. A
single sculling oarlock or
notch on the
transom is less...
- of overlap. To
prevent this from
impacting the
balance of the boat, one
oarlock (conventionally the
starboard one, to the rower's
lefthand side) is rigged...
- that the oar is
attached to the boat
using an
oarlock or a
rowing gate,
where in
paddling there is no
oarlock or
attachment of the
paddle to the boat. The...
- cost of a
gondola was
about 38,000 euros. The oar or rèmo is held in an
oarlock known as a fórcola. The
forcola is of a
complicated shape,
allowing several...
- On 5
September Alexei jumped into a
rowboat and hit his
groin on the
oarlocks. A
large bruise appeared within minutes but in a w****
reduced in size....
