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  2. Rowlock - Wikipedia

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    A rowlock on a rowing boat A rowlock used for rowing. A rowlock [1] (UK: / ˈ r ɒ l ə k /), sometimes spur (due to the similarity in shape and size), oarlock (American English) [2] or gate, is a brace that attaches an oar to a boat. When a boat is rowed, the rowlock acts as a fulcrum for the oar. [3]

  3. Lifeboat (rescue) - Wikipedia

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    Larger non-inflatable boats are also employed as lifeboats. The RNLI fields the Severn class lifeboat and Tamar class lifeboat as all-weather lifeboats (ALB). In the United States and Canada, the term motor life boat refers to a similar (though slightly smaller) class of non-inflatable lifeboats, the latest of which is the 47-foot Motor Lifeboat.

  4. Lifeboat (shipboard) - Wikipedia

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    Partially enclosed lifeboats on a passenger liner Proactive lifeboat-safety dinghy for recreational cruisers Lifeboats at shore shortly after the Costa Concordia capsized on the coast of Isola del Giglio. A lifeboat or liferaft is a small, rigid or inflatable boat carried for emergency evacuation in the event of a disaster aboard a ship.

  5. Thurso Lifeboat Station - Wikipedia

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    She was replaced in 1871 by a slightly larger 10-oar boat, Charley Lloyd, which served for another 19 years, being called out 31 times, and rescuing 255 lives. [ 2 ] In 1890, the third lifeboat assigned to Thurso was also the third lifeboat funded by the Co-operative Union , named Co-operator No.3 (ON 282) at a ceremony on the River Clyde , to ...

  6. Oar - Wikipedia

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    Traditional wooden oars. An oar is an implement used for water-borne propulsion. Oars have a flat blade at one end. Rowers grasp the oar at the other end. The difference between oars and paddles is that oars are used exclusively for rowing. In rowing the oar is connected to the vessel by means of a pivot point for the oar, either an oarlock, or ...

  7. Yal (boat) - Wikipedia

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    Under oars – 13 persons; Under sail – 8 persons in case weather not more than 5–6 per Boufort scale; Yal-6 or six-oar yal – seaworthy boat is rigged with a split-lug sail on a single mast. Originally the yal-6 was made of wood, but since the late 1990s more commonly made of plastic. Propelled with oars, sails or outboard motor.

  8. Stern sculling - Wikipedia

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    Chinese sampan propelled by yáolǔ via single-oar sculling. Stern sculling is the use of a single oar over the stern of a boat to propel it with side-to-side motions that create forward lift in the water. [1] The strict terminology of propulsion by oar is complex and contradictory, and varies by context. Stern sculling may also simply be ...

  9. Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) - Wikipedia

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    2. (more precisely, as used in inland waters) to propel a boat with oars, where each rower uses just one oar. On inland waters, one person using two oars, one on each side of the boat, is termed sculling [30]: 135 rowlock 1. The cutout in the washstrake of a boat into which an oar is placed, so providing a fulcrum when the oar is in use. [42]

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