- hand on each
oar, is two-
oar sculling. The
oars may also be
called sculls. Two-
oared sculled craft include:
Adirondack guideboat Banks dory, Gloucester...
- than one
bank of
oars, the
terminology is
based on
Latin numerals with the
suffix -reme from rēmus, "
oar". A
monoreme has one
bank of
oars, a bireme...
-
oarsmen on the
upper and
lower oar banks, or even a
monoreme (warship with a
single level of
oars) with five oarsmen. The "
double-banking"
theory is supported...
- line of the boat
to maximise this length). A
double banked boat has two
oarsmen seated on each thwart, each of whom
operates their own
oar on
their own side...
-
likely to have been
specialised types.
Illustrations from 1711 and the 1720s show
double-ended
whaleboats with a crew of six, single-
banked oars and a...
-
motions of
oars to displace water and
generate reactional propulsion.
Rowing is
functionally similar to paddling, but
rowing requires oars to be mechanically...
-
Oared vessel tactics were the
dominant form of
naval tactics used from
antiquity to the late 16th
century when
sailing ships began to replace galleys...
- ship or brig with a lug-rigged
mizzen sail
Bireme An ancient vessel,
propelled by two
banks of
oars Birlinn (Scots) Clinker-built vessel, single-masted...
-
rather than
an effective warship. The name "forty"
refers not
to the
number of
oars, but
to the
number of
rowers on each
vertical "column" of
oars that propelled...
- A gig /ˈɡɪɡ/ is a type of boat. It was
optimised for
speed under oar, but
usually also ****ed with a
sailing rig for
appropriate conditions. The type...
