Sydney – Ship
Sydney
N.S.W., Champion Course, 3 miles 330 yards on Parramatta River.
Slice
To put the oar in the water out of the perpendicular, so that the force exerted at the beginning, instead of driving it on a level course through the water, tends to drive it deeper.
Sliding Seat or Slide
- The movable top of a rowing seat which runs backwards and forwards with the swing of the body, either in grooves or on rollers.
Smooth-skin Boats
- Boats which are built of thin planks accurately fitting together, not overlapping, but carefully caulked. Also called Caravel or Carvel boats.
Steer
To guide the course of a boat.
Stem
The bows of a boat.
Stern
The rearmost extremity of a boat.
Strake
One of the planks of which a boat is constructed. Also called Streak.
Straps
The leather bands looped through OLYMPIC REGATTA: FINAL OF THE EIGHTS. places, as at Oxford and Eton, where downstream boats have to cross from side to side at particular places.
Saxboard
The uppermost continuous strake on side plank.
Scratch Crew
A crew got together for temporary purposes, without training or practice.
Ship
To lift the handle of the oar when the blade is on the water, and then to allow it to float, with the motion of the boat, alongside.