August 2, 2012 at 10:27 am
Brandie Tarvin (8/2/2012)
What is the difference between sculling and rowing?
Sculling is a type of rowing. It is the kind that is done in a shell where each person has 2 oars. I could be wrong, but I believe "sweep rowing" refers to people in a shell where each has one oar. There are other kinds of rowing still.
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August 2, 2012 at 10:31 am
Brandie Tarvin (8/2/2012)
What is the difference between sculling and rowing?
I Binged your question:
http://www.graftonrowing.asn.au/oldgrcsite/about/row_scul.htm
August 2, 2012 at 10:31 am
Kiara (8/2/2012)
Not the first time I've confused the two dates on this site.
Ach Kiara. if dates are the only things that you confuse on this site you're doing quite well.
Most of us confuse lots of other people too.
And that "lots" often includes ourselves.
Mind you though, whether confusing dates is safe depends on who you are dating.
:w00t::crazy::-D:-):Whistling:
edit: spelling
Tom
August 2, 2012 at 10:37 am
Lynn Pettis (8/2/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (8/2/2012)
What is the difference between sculling and rowing?I Binged your question:
http://www.graftonrowing.asn.au/oldgrcsite/about/row_scul.htm
Jason, why do I take your advice on this forum? Oh wait, you might be the hippo in the tent that I keep ignoring. @=) (j/k)
Lynn, thank you for doing the lazy girl's work for her with this. She muchly appreciates this. Now, mind coming over to my office to turn on my monitor for me? @=)
EDIT: Wow. I just realized how rude this all sounded. That'll teach me to try to be funny while working 3 million issues at work. My apologies if my horrible sense of humor came across wrong.
August 2, 2012 at 10:42 am
Lynn Pettis (8/2/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (8/2/2012)
What is the difference between sculling and rowing?I Binged your question:
http://www.graftonrowing.asn.au/oldgrcsite/about/row_scul.htm
Don't believe what you read on the internet.
Single oar sculling happens too.
Sculling is where the oar or oars handled by one person )or an odd number of people) control the boat, as opposed to the case where you need an even number of people handling the oars. It has nothing to do with the number of oars.
PS Note that you are of course reading this on the internet.
PPS Note also that Lynn's reference gets it completely wrong, it's actually even wronger than my utterly incorrect description above, which is quite an achievement.
Tom
August 2, 2012 at 10:46 am
I would like to state that my description was my vague recollection from college. That was many years ago now. Not as many as for some, but more than for others.
All the rowing I do these days is in a kayak. (or the very occasional canoe)
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August 2, 2012 at 11:14 am
Stefan Krzywicki (8/2/2012)
I would like to state that my description was my vague recollection from college. That was many years ago now. Not as many as for some, but more than for others.
You don't look like an eminient authority on rowing/sculling, so it doesn'y matter when your recollection is incomlete. The Grafton Rowing Club does look a bit like an eminent authority, and I think that on the page Lynn referenced it is intending to look like one, so when it's wrong there it does matter.
And probably a few less years than for me 😉
All the rowing I do these days is in a kayak. (or the very occasional canoe)
I haven't been in either for many many years. The last time I was in a small boat was about 35 years ago. It was a rowing dinghy with a toy outboard motor, and Ann and I tried to take it from Arisaig round to Loch nan Uamh (and back, or course) - which clearly demonstrates that I had already by then forgotten everything I ever knew about small boats (and that Ann trusted my boat sense far more than was justified).
edit: that's not quite accurate: I've been in a punt several times since then. But punts don't count!
second edit: and in narrowboats, but I was just a passenger so that doesn't count either; besides, I'm not sure they count as small boats (12 to 21 metres long, about 7 metres wide).
Tom
August 2, 2012 at 11:16 am
Stefan Krzywicki (8/2/2012)
. . . All the rowing I do these days is in a kayak. (or the very occasional canoe)
You do not row a kayak, you paddle it.
August 2, 2012 at 11:22 am
Revenant (8/2/2012)
Stefan Krzywicki (8/2/2012)
. . . All the rowing I do these days is in a kayak. (or the very occasional canoe)You do not row a kayak, you paddle it.
Would it count as sculling if you had a paddle in each hand? :hehe:
Tom
August 2, 2012 at 11:23 am
Revenant (8/2/2012)
Stefan Krzywicki (8/2/2012)
. . . All the rowing I do these days is in a kayak. (or the very occasional canoe)You do not row a kayak, you paddle it.
I only paddle it if it has been bad.
I don't mean to cause a row.
I was just floating the suggestion.
If this keeps up I'll just be a shell of my former self.
Oar is that what you want?
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When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams
August 2, 2012 at 11:35 am
Stefan Krzywicki (8/2/2012)
Revenant (8/2/2012)
Stefan Krzywicki (8/2/2012)
. . . All the rowing I do these days is in a kayak. (or the very occasional canoe)You do not row a kayak, you paddle it.
I only paddle it if it has been bad.
I don't mean to cause a row.
I was just floating the suggestion.
If this keeps up I'll just be a shell of my former self.
Oar is that what you want?
You're hired! I need your novel in 3 weeks.
@=)
August 2, 2012 at 11:37 am
Stefan Krzywicki (8/2/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (8/2/2012)
What is the difference between sculling and rowing?Sculling is a type of rowing. It is the kind that is done in a shell where each person has 2 oars. I could be wrong, but I believe "sweep rowing" refers to people in a shell where each has one oar. There are other kinds of rowing still.
Yep. The scullers have two oars, and when you pull, you need them to hit the water at the same time, same depth, and try to pull evenly, but one hand has to be above the other when they get close together. The best scullers can alternate the upper hand on each stroke.
I struggled with the balance thing when I'd hit one oar before the other. Actually flipped myself out of a single scull at one point.
I preferred sweeps, in a 4 person boat. I was the 3rd oar, starboard, in our four or the sixth oar starboard in an 8. Both of those worked better for me.
August 2, 2012 at 11:38 am
Brandie Tarvin (8/2/2012)
Stefan Krzywicki (8/2/2012)
Revenant (8/2/2012)
Stefan Krzywicki (8/2/2012)
. . . All the rowing I do these days is in a kayak. (or the very occasional canoe)You do not row a kayak, you paddle it.
I only paddle it if it has been bad.
I don't mean to cause a row.
I was just floating the suggestion.
If this keeps up I'll just be a shell of my former self.
Oar is that what you want?
You're hired! I need your novel in 3 weeks.
@=)
LOL, excellent! My dedication page will consist of my rejection letters from Asimov's & F&SF & Analog. They're all well over 20 years old, but the point stands. : -)
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When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams
August 2, 2012 at 11:44 am
Revenant (8/2/2012)
Stefan Krzywicki (8/2/2012)
. . . All the rowing I do these days is in a kayak. (or the very occasional canoe)You do not row a kayak, you paddle it.
Maybe you just haven't seen Stefan row a kayak...
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August 2, 2012 at 11:45 am
There are single oar sculling, from what I've seen this refers more to a rear propulsion with an oar then competitive racing.
Perhaps there are sculls that aren't two oars per person, but the technical definition, IMHO, is trying to be correct at the expense of making sense. Sculling in the Olympics or most rowing conversations refers to two oars pulled by each person. The standard configurations are single, double, and quad.
Sweep rowing is usually 4 or 8, but there are pairs.
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