Rowing is a sport held on the surface of the water, where athletes propel
a boat using oars. Rowing may be held indoors, like on artificial lakes; or outdoors on
rivers, canals, and oceans. There are many differnet boat classes according to the number of people in the crew, ranging from individual rowing (known as the single scull), right up to boats with eight rowers and a cox (called coxed eights). So there really is something for everyone of all ages and capabilities!
Rowing has two forms, sweep in which each rower has one oar held with two hands; and skulling in which
each rower has to oars, there’s one in each hand. The boats used are
racing boats, which are also called shells, they are long, narrow and
semi-circular. The oars used are long (about 250-300 cm), and have a flat
end which is also called the blade.
