In sport rowing, the rowlocks are normally U-shaped and attached to a vertical pin which allows the rowlock to pivot around the pin during the rowing stroke.
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In sport rowing, the rowlocks are normally U-shaped and attached to a vertical pin which allows the rowlock to pivot around the pin during the rowing stroke.
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Oxford disregarded Felix Warre's latest boat in favour of the previous year's vessel, however with the inclusion of the recently patented " swivel rowlock ".
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They additionally have a locking mechanism ( properly known as " the gate " ) across the top of the " U " to prevent the oar from unintentionally popping out of the rowlock.
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Planks, seats and thwarts were then fitted inside ( " cui e solida tabula, statumina, transtraque interius adduntur " ), horse hide was fixed to the exterior and oars with rowlocks were supplied.
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Also, sweep oar rowers usually feather and square the oar with the inside hand ( the one closer to the rowlock ), allowing the handle to turn within the outside hand, whose wrist remains flat throughout.
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:" [ T ] he successful use of a boat to cross a river requires, if the boat is a rowboat, that the oars and rowlocks be present and unbroken, and that they fit each other.
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"' F�rcola "'( Venetian dialect, plural " F�rcole " ) is the typical Venetian rowlock providing a variety of fulcrum positions, each having its own effect on the rower's oar.
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According to Oxford rower and author George Drinkwater ( who rowed at bow for the Dark Blues in this race ), the rowlocks " were not altogether a success " and stated that while Cambridge could " row a faster stroke ", the Dark Blues " were very ponderous ".
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Bishop rigged his canoe with rowlocks; he did use a double paddle also, which brought a lot of comments and attention from Local Boatmen . and he did not sail Maria Theresa much on his Florida cruise 1874-5, published as " Voyage of the Paper Canoe " in 1878.
