Can You Help Make This Rowing Resource Better?
October 3, 2008 by
Filed under Rigging Concepts, Think Different
I usually get several questions about rowing terms, what means what, and the like. So I thought that I would put up a rowing terminology page. It has 87 terms so far.
I wanted to post it first to give anyone a chance to add words (especially non-US terms), change definitions, or suggest improvements. If you have any please leave a comment. I hope to have the page up in a week.
- Adjustment: moving the dimensions on rowing equipment to best suit the needs of the rower(s)
- Aft: towards the stern or the back of a boat
- Back stop: small blocks on the fore part of the slide that prevent seat as-sembly from rolling off the slide
- Beam: width at the widest part of a boat, usually measured from inside of gunwales Read more
