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2. Thwart - Wikipedia

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   A double banked boat has two oarsmen seated on each thwart, each of whom operates their own oar on their own side of the boat. This is generally found in larger boats. A third arrangement is where two oars, one each side of the boat, are worked by one person. (Technically, in salt water, this is the only use of an oar that is termed "rowing".

3. 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.

4. 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 ...

5. Watson-class lifeboat - Wikipedia

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   The Watson-class lifeboat is a design of wooden lifeboat operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) around the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland between 1888 and 1991. There were several variations over the years but all the boats had hulls that conformed to a design by George Lennox Watson , the RNLI's naval architect ...

6. Gig (boat) - Wikipedia

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   Whilst this used to be a wooden, oared vessel of the traditional type, the term was retained as boats powered with engines took over this role. These powered vessels varied by the size of the ship, with aircraft carriers and, until the mid-1990s when they were decommissioned, battleships , typically assigned a double cabin cruiser that was 33 ...

7. Dory (boat) - Wikipedia

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   Western river dories have additional special features such as strong rowlocks, long oars, and long blade oars to operate in the highly aerated waters in rapids. In rapids the master rower faces down river to see the rock and or hydraulic obstacles. In a rapid the oars are often used to steer the boat as well as to propel it.