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  2. Thames skiff - Wikipedia

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    Oars (or blades) are held in place by wooden thole pins at the side of the boat rather than rowlocks or outriggers. The thole pins are designed to give way if too much pressure is put on them, thus protecting the boat itself from damage. The thwart, or seat, is fixed rather than sliding as in modern boats.

  3. Birlinn - Wikipedia

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    Nineteenth-century boat-building practices in the Highlands are likely to have applied also to the birlinn: examples are the use of dried moss, steeped in tar, for caulking, and the use of stocks in construction. [15] Oak was the wood favoured both in Western Scotland and in Scandinavia, being tough and resistant to decay. Other types of timber ...

  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. Pocock Racing Shells - Wikipedia

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    In 1961 he built the first ever fiberglass rowing boat—a wherry. By 1979 Stan was running the shop and experimenting with ideas that were ahead of their time. He was first in many areas, including the development of a successful wood and glass laminated composite oar, molded seat tops and adjustable oarlock height spacers.

  6. Longship - Wikipedia

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    Longships had hooks for oars to fit into, but smaller oars were also used, with crooks or bends to be used as oarlocks. If there were no holes then a loop of rope kept the oars in place. An innovation that improved the sail's performance was the beitaass , or stretching pole—a wooden spar stiffening the sail.

  7. Medieval ships - Wikipedia

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    Medieval ships were the vessels used in Europe during the Middle Ages.Like ships from antiquity, they were moved by sails, oars, or a combination of the two.There was a large variety, mostly based on much older, conservative designs.

  8. Phil Bolger - Wikipedia

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    Bolger was a prolific writer and wrote many books, the last being Boats with an Open Mind, as well as hundreds of magazine articles on small craft designs, chiefly in Woodenboat, Small Boat Journal and Messing About in Boats. Bolger died on May 24, 2009, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His wife explained that "[h]is mind had slipped in the ...

  9. Kettuvallam - Wikipedia

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    The main wood used is "Anjili" (Artocarpus hirsuta). There are houseboats with fully furnished single room, double room and triple rooms. The hull is a series of wooden planks, long cut and carved, tied together using coir with coconut fibers stuffed in between. [6] The kettuvallam is motorised and is steered in deep waters by means of oars.

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