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2. Boat positions - Wikipedia

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   Boat positions. In the sport of rowing, each rower is numbered by boat position in ascending order from the bow to the stern (with the exception of single sculls). The person who is seated on the first seat is always the 'bow', the closest to the stern is commonly referred to as the 'stroke'. There are some exceptions to this: Rowers in ...

3. Upholstery - Wikipedia

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   Upholstery. A New England easy chair with its upholstery sectioned. Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially seats, with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers. The word also refers to the materials used to upholster something.

4. Sculling - Wikipedia

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   Sculling is the use of oars to propel a boat by moving them through the water on both sides of the craft, or moving one oar over the stern. A long, narrow boat with sliding seats, rigged with two oars per rower may be referred to as a scull, its oars may be referred to as sculls and a person rowing it referred to as sculler.

5. Glossary of rowing terms - Wikipedia

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   The stop mechanism on the seat slides which prevents the rower's seat from falling off the sliding tracks at the front end (towards the boat's stern) of the slide tracks. Also, in the UK, the sliding seat position closest to the boat's stern. As a command, it instructs the crew to adopt this position. (The US calls this seat position the "front ...

6. Thwart - Wikipedia

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   A thwart is a part of a boat that usually has two functions: as a seat, and as a structural member that provides some rigidity to the hull. A thwart goes from one side of the hull to the other in an open (undecked) boat, and therefore resists forces pushing in or pulling out the sides of the hull. More obviously it provides a seat for an ...

7. Bosun's chair - Wikipedia

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   A bosun's chair, in use by a bosun, re-tarring a section of a backstay on the Prince William after making a minor repair. A bosun's chair (or boatswain's chair) is a device used to suspend a person from a rope to perform work aloft. [1] Originally just a short plank or swath of heavy canvas, many modern bosun's chairs incorporate safety devices ...