Our boys; what they can do and how to do it (1893)
Stoddart, William, [from old catalog] comp · New York, Hunt & Eaton; Cincinnati, Cranston & Curts · leaf 52
to make recovery of the up-right position difficult. The bodystops first, and the hands bringthe oar handle up nearly to the lower part of the chest.This movement from Fig. 1 to Fig. 2 is the stroke. Nowcomes the recover. The body remains perfectly still, whilethe hands, depressed a little to raise… … Fig. 3. 48 OUR BOYS. of feathering, which is generally practiced by good oars-men. It consists in turning the blade of the oar flat on therecover. It is done for several reasons, among which theseare prominent: 1. When rowing in a rough or choppy sea theoars need not be raised so high;. 2. In…
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