• [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Rowing” collapse_text=”Rowing” ]In a boat with one oar each.[/bg_collapse]
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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Eight, Four, Pair” collapse_text=”Eight, Four, Pair” ]Eight, four or two people rowing in a boat.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Quad, Double, Single” collapse_text=”Quad, Double, Single” ]Four, two or one person sculling in a boat.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Cox” collapse_text=”Cox” ]Little person steering the boat.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Coxbox” collapse_text=”Coxbox” ] An amplifier and speakers in the boat which makes the little person steering the boat sound louder! [/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Coxless” collapse_text=”Coxless” ] A boat without a little person steering, one of the crew members do the steering as well as rowing/sculling.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Stroke side” collapse_text=”Stroke side” ]Also called port side, coloured red, on the right for rower/sculler.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Bow side” collapse_text=”Bow side” ]Also called starboard side, coloured green, on the left for rower/sculler.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Oars, Blades, Sculls” collapse_text=”Oars, Blades, Sculls” ]Different names for the oars used by rowers and scullers.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Bow/Bowman” collapse_text=”Bow/Bowman” ]The Person who sits at the front of the boat, but because you are going backwards Bow is the person who is following everyone else.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Stroke Person” collapse_text=”Stroke Person” ]The man who sits at the back of the boat, but because you are going backwards Stroke is the man who everyone else follows.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Bow (1), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, stroke (8)” collapse_text=”Bow (1), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, stroke (8)” ]The positions in an Eight, each man has a number.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Square Blades” collapse_text=”Square Blades” ]

 

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    • When the spoon of the oar is vertical to the water, this is the position that you want to be in when taking the oar through the water.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Feathered Blades” collapse_text=”Feathered Blades” ]When the spoon of the oar is horizontal to the water, you don’t want to be in this position when taking the oar through the water![/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Slide” collapse_text=”Slide” ]The movement of the seat (which is on wheels).[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Quater Slide, Half Slide, Full Slide” collapse_text=”Quater Slide, Half Slide, Full Slide” ]The extent to which you move the seat up the slide.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Safety Position” collapse_text=”Safety Position” ]When sitting in the boat, legs flat and arms straight out, oar feathered and resting gently on the water.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Back Stops” collapse_text=”Back Stops” ]As the safety position except that the oar is near (but not touching) your rib cage. This is the finish position of the stroke that you take.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Front Stops” collapse_text=”Front Stops” ]As the safety position except that the legs are compressed at full slide, shins verticle and you are getting ready to square the blade.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Catch” collapse_text=”Catch” ]The placing of the blade into the water at the front of your stroke.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Finish” collapse_text=”Finish” ]The point at which you take the blade out the water.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Drive” collapse_text=”Drive” ]The part of the stroke between the Catch and the Finish where you push the legs down to move the boat.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Hands, Body, Slide” collapse_text=”Hands, Body, Slide” ] The order in which you move for the recovery of the stroke between the Finish and the Catch. Hands and arms out straight, the rock the Body over the hips and then glide up the Slide.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Stoke (The Action)” collapse_text=”Stroke (The Action)” ] The whole action from the beginning (the Catch) to the end (the Finish) and back again (the Catch).[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Backing Down” collapse_text=”Backing Down” ]The opposite action to normal rowing, the boat will then go in the direction that you are looking. You put the oar into the water at backstops, push it away from you and extract it when you are at the arms away position.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Drop” collapse_text=”Drop” ]After you have stopped rowing your oar will be off the water, this command tells the crew to put the oars back on the water in a feathered position.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Hold it up” collapse_text=”Hold it up” ]All rowers/scullers place their blades on the water and slowly square the blades to hold up the run of the boat in the water. This command can be given to Bowside(Starboard) or Strokeside(Port).[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Look Ahead” collapse_text=”Look Ahead” ] A shout to any other crew on the water to alert them to your presence. Upon hearing the call by one crew, you need to respond in the same manner. Crews can be identified by boat type too, e.g.
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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Hands On” collapse_text=”Hands On” ]A call from the Cox or Steers-person of a crew to go to the boat and be ready to carry it to or from the water.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Half Turn” collapse_text=”Half Turn” ]This is a command used on land. Normally the boat is carried so that the riggers are flat, however to make the boat easier to carry in certain situations, it is sometimes necessary to raise one side of the boat and lower the other side.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”To Shoulders” collapse_text=”To Shoulders”]This command is to change where the crew holds the boat: at shoulder height.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Spinning” collapse_text=”Spinning” ] The act of turning the boat around on the river. One side of the boat will take strokes with arms and body while the other side backs down. This can be done alternately or simultaneously.[/bg_collapse]

 

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    • [bg_collapse view=”link-list” color=”#051d4b” expand_text=”Rigger” collapse_text=”Rigger” ]The metal part of the boat that extends out form the main hull and holds the oars.[/bg_collapse]

 

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