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2. Human-powered watercraft - Wikipedia

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   Row boat; Rowing a trainera. Using oars individually, with both hands on a single oar, is sweep or sweep-oar rowing. [2] In this case the rowers are usually paired so that there is an oar on each side of the boat. Sweep-oared craft include: Coxless pair, Coxed pair, Coxless four, Coxed four, and Eight; Galley, Dromon, Trainera, and Trireme ...

3. Rowing - Wikipedia

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   Typically, the part of the oars that are inboard of the rowlock have stayed the same length but the outboard part has gotten shorter. The different lengths of the oars affect both the energy that the rower has to put in as well as the performance, in terms of speed of the rowing boat. [24] A short oar makes quick but short strokes possible.

4. O'Hare International Airport - Wikipedia

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   The airport is operated by the Chicago Department of Aviation [4] and covering 7,627 acres (11.92 sq mi; 30.87 km 2). [5] [6] O'Hare has non-stop flights to 249 destinations in North America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the North Atlantic region as of Summer 2024.

5. Glossary of rowing terms - Wikipedia

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   (a) An oar made to be used in a sculling boat where each rower has two oars, one per hand (b) A boat (shell) that is propelled using sculling oars, e.g., a "single scull," is a one-person boat where the rower has two oars. Seat Molded seat mounted on wheels, single action or double action.

6. Boat positions - Wikipedia

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   If the eight were bow rigged, the oar for the stroke (number 8) rower would be on the other side of the boat (bowside or starboard). There are other options, and in particular in fours the middle pair may row on the same side: this arrangement means that there is less yawing of the boat through the water throughout the course of the stroke ...

7. 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.