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The name given to the curved parts of the boat to which the skin of the hull is attached. They are typically made of wood, aluminum or composite materials and provide structural integrity. (see also shoulder). Rigger Rowing slang name for an outrigger. It is a projection from the side (gunwale) of a racing shell.
Companies and manufacturers of rowing boats and related equipment. Pages in category "Rowing equipment manufacturers" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
These manufacturers formerly built rowing boats but have now ceased production. Aylings later became Lola Aylings; BBG Bootsbau Berlin; Colley; Carbocraft; Dirigo; Drew Harrison Racing; Edwin Phelps (Putney, London, UK) Eton Racing Boats (ERB) Euro Diffusions; Flying Dragon Boat Co (Huangzhou, China) George Sharrow Racing Shells
Shimano, Inc. (株式会社シマノ, Kabushiki-gaisha Shimano), originally Shimano Iron Works (島野鐵工所) and later Shimano Industries, Inc. (島野工業株式会社), is a Japanese multinational manufacturing company for cycling components, fishing tackle and rowing equipment, which also produced golf supplies until 2005 and snowboarding gear until 2008.
In a rowing crew, the coxswain (/ ˈ k ɒ k s ən / KOK-sən; colloquially known as the cox or coxie) is a crewmember who does not row but directs the boat. [1] The coxswain sits facing the bow , unlike the rowers, and is responsible for steering the boat and coordinating the power and rhythm of the rowers.
The catalog will still be free and available in J. Crew stores and by mail. The catalog will be published three times a year, versus 13, J. Crew said. / Credit: J. Crew
The two rowers in the middle, rowing in a 'tandem', need to be well matched and synchronised to make this work (i.e. avoid clashing blades), and the bow person, rowing with a significant gap between them and stroke on their side of the boat, also needs to be able to adapt to the larger space in front of them.
As reports swirled last weekend about J. Crew’s impending bankruptcy, I spontaneously posted to Instagram a selection of what I felt were among the most seminal J. Crew catalog moments of all ...