Inrigged Boats
- A boat whose rowlocks are set directly upon the gunwale.
Keel. The main timber running from stem to stern along the bottom of a boat outside, giving a grip of the water and supporting the frame.
Keelson. The line of timber within the boat just over the keel.
Knees. Light curved timbers supporting the sides of the boat and the seats.
Lapstreak.- [See CLINKER-BUILT.] Late. Descriptive of a member of the crew whose blade reaches the water a little after the stroke oar's.
Lents. The eight-oared races at Cambridge, rowed in February or March in clinker-built boats without slides. Men who rowed in the preceding Mays are ineligible, unless they got in the Mays in their first year.
Light Boats. - Light smooth-skin racing boats as distinct from the heavier clinker-built boats.
Lines. (i.) The cords by which the cox pulls the rudder and steers the boat; (ii.) the contour of a boat.
Loom.-[See OAR.] Mays. The eight-oared races at Cambridge, usually rowed in June, between the members of the various colleges. Rowed with slides and without keels. Meeting the Oar.- Bringing the body up to the oar at the close of the stroke in place of bringing the hands strongly up into the chest.
Oar. A long wooden lever used to propel a boat, consisting of a stout pole flattened at one end into a blade to press across the water as a fulcrum. Its chief parts are the blade, broad and thin, which is dipped in the water, the loom or shank, and the handle, which the oarsman grips.
Outrigger.-A frame of iron rods attached to the side of a boat on which is set the rowlock at a considerable distance from the side. By this means the body of the boat can be made much lighter and smaller, without cramping the oarsman. Generally called rigger. Over-reach. To over-reach is, when the body has reached the end of its swing forward, to push the shoulders forward out of their natural position with the idea of thus extending the reach.
Paddle. To row without putting full power into every stroke, but paying especial attention to form.
Pull. To row.