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Eight icon Eights at the end of the 2002 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. An eight, abbreviated as an 8+, is a racing shell used in competitive rowing (crew). It is designed for eight rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars, and is steered by a coxswain, or "cox".
An octuple sculling shell, often simply called an oct and abbreviated as an 8x [1] or 8x+, [2] is a racing shell used in the sport of rowing.. Unlike the eight (8+), a racing shell with a crew of eight rowers and a coxswain (cox) [2] that can be seen at the Olympic Games and the Boat Race, [2] in which each of the eight rowers have one oar (or blade) which they pull with both arms, [note 1] in ...
The following are the most commonly used recreational sliding seat shell manufacturers in current use: Baumgarten Bootsbau; C-Line; Echo Rowing; Edon Sculling Boats; Gig Harbor Boat Works; Leo Coastal Rowing; LiteBoat; Little River Marine; Maas Boat Company; Peinert Boat; 1 Australia (wavecutter) Rowing Sport Boats (RS boats) Virus; Volans ...
In watercraft, a racing shell (also referred to as a fine boat (UK) or simply a shell) is an extremely narrow, and often comparatively long, rowing boat specifically designed for racing or exercise. It is equipped with long oars, outriggers to hold the oarlocks away from the boat, and sliding seats.
A coxless four, abbreviated as a 4-and also called a straight four, [1] is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars, without a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oar.
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An Empacher 8+ racing shell from Harvard University at Henley Royal Regatta 2004, with distinctive yellow and black colors. Empacher (company name Bootswerft Empacher GmbH) is a manufacturer of boats. Today, they produce racing shells for the sport of rowing.
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