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Blade
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Flattened or spoon-shaped end of oar or scull; often used as term for oar
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Bow
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Forward end of boat
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Bow ball
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Safety ball fitted to sharp stem of racing boat
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Bowside (starboard)
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All rowers whose oars are in the water on the right hand side of the boat when viewed from the stern
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Button
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Plastic sheath on oar to prevent it from slipping through the rowlock; adjustable on modern oars
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Canvas
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The canvas on fore and aft decks of a boat; in race verdicts, the distance between the bow ball and the bow man's stateroom.
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Catch
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The part of the stroke when the blade is put in the water
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Coxswain
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Steers the boat from the seat in the stern or a lying position in the bow
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Crab
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Occurs when the rower fails to get the oar out of the water at the end of the stroke; can result in the rower being ejected from boat to water
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Crew
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Rowers who man a boat; American college term for rowing
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Drive
(Pull-through)
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The part of the stroke between the catch and the finish
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Feather
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To turn the blade parallel with the water surface at the start of the recovery to reduce wind resistance
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Fin
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Small flat plate perpendicular to the bottom of the boat to aid steering a straight course
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Finish (release)
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The part of the stroke just before and as the blade is taken out of the water
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FISA
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Federation Internationale des Sovietes d'Aviron; the International Rowing Federation
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Gate
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Bar across a rowlock to retain the oar
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Gunwale
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Horizontal plank at the top of the hull running the length of the boat
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Hands away
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The act of dropping the oar handle at the finish of the stroke so that the blade leaves the water and is feathered at the start of the recovery
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Inboard
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The distance between the far end of the handle of an oar or scull and the face of the button. The remainder is called the outboard
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Length
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The length of a boat (i.e. "They won by one length")
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Oar
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A lever approximately 360cm (12 feet) long by which the rower pulls against the rowlock to move the boat through the water
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Puddles
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Whirls left in the water caused by the blade as the rower pulls
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Rate
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The rate of stroking, or the number of strokes per minute that a crew is rowing
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Recovery
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The part of the stroke cycle between the finish and the catch in which the oar is feathered and the seat is returned to the aft end of the slope
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Regatta
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A competitive event raced in boats
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Repechage
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A second heat to afford another chance of qualifying to those running second best in preliminary heats
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Rhythm
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The proportion of time occupied on the recovery to the time taken on the pull through
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Rigger
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A metal framework or a carbon-fibre reinforced arm to support the rowlock which is placed approximately 7600 mm from the centre of the boat
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Oarlock (Rowlock)
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A bracket which swivels on the end of the outrigger to support the oar
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Rudder
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Steering device attached vertically to the stern or under the hull of a shell
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Run
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The distance a boat travels in one stroke
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Sculling
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Using two oars or sculls
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Shoulder
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Reinforcement structure in the cockpit to support the attachment of riggers
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Slide
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Parallel rails in which the seat moves on wheels
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Standard rig
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Uniform alternation of riggers (and therefore oars and rowers) in the boat; the rower in the seat nearest the stern is usually on stroke side
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Stern
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The rear or aft of the boat
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Stretcher
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A frame with straps or shoes to anchor the rower's feet
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Stroke
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The complete cycle of moving the boat through the water using oars or sculls; the rower seated nearest the stern
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Stroke side (port)
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All the rowers whose oars are in the water on the left hand side of the boat when viewed from the stern
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Washing out
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Occurs when the blade comes of the water during the pull-through before the finish
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