Well, if you're talking sweeping, then a pair is as small as it gets (2 people, one oar each). To get bigger, there are fours (four people, one oar each) and eights (eight people, one oar each)
But it you're sculling, then you can have a single (one person, two oars), a double (two people, two oars each), or a quad (four people, two oars each).
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The most people in a rowing boat is 8 not including the cox.
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The smallest rowing sweep boat (one oar per person) is a pair with 2 people, one person rowing each side. The smallest rowing sculling boat (2 oars per person) is a single, one person rowing both sides. Source: I am a rower B)
If the boat has an oarsman...a Coxswain.
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Rowing a boat increases friction. The oars create resistance against the water, which generates friction that helps propel the boat forward.
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Rowing. The cox also is responsible for steering a sailing ship. A Helmsman.
That is called rowing. A boat can also be propelled with one oar off the stern and that is called sculling.