sculling
sculling [The DASHER] was eighteen feet by the keel, which would give her an overall length of twenty-two feet. She was seven feet widem and she had one mast with two sails, a jib and a foresail. She had three oars, one on each side, which took a man for each oar, and a sculling oar that went out ov...
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| Language: | English |
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1970
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53930 |
| Summary: | sculling [The DASHER] was eighteen feet by the keel, which would give her an overall length of twenty-two feet. She was seven feet widem and she had one mast with two sails, a jib and a foresail. She had three oars, one on each side, which took a man for each oar, and a sculling oar that went out over the stern. This oar acted as a rudder and when it was pushed back and forth in the right way it helped to propel the boat along. That is what they called sculling . . . PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Used Sup Used Sup Used Sup |
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