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...blade: cool way of saying oar. Also a way to refer to the painted part...
crab: put the blade in the water at other than a 90 degree angle. This causes the blade to dive into the water, which in turn destroys the rower's rhythm and at worst flips him or her out of the shell...
scull: to row with two blades. This is as opposed to sweeping, which is with one blade per person. Sculling can be an individual sport--a shell with just one sculler is called a single...
sweep: to row with only one blade. This is as opposed to sculling, which is with two blades, one in each hand. A sweep has both hands on one blade...
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