What is faster sculling or rowing?

Answer 1

Sculling boats with the same number of people are faster than Rowing (one oar) boats. However the fastest Olympic class boat is the coxed 8 (which is a rowing boat). This is because there is no 8 person sculling boat and the fastest sculling boat is the coxless quad.

Answer 2

I would contend that a sculling machine is a rowing machine, just a specific type of rowing machine that mimics the motion of sculling. Another possibility would be a sweep rowing machine that would mimic the motion of rowing either port or starboard (strokeside or bowside for our UK readers) and lastly there is the standard rowing ergometer which doesn't seek to exactly replicate the motion of rowing, but exercises the muscles used in a close enough manner to be a training benefit to rowers both sculling and sweep. So the order of my preference would be.

1) Standard rowing ergometer - works the muscles in a symetrical manner, more practical in price and space than a sculling machine.

2) Sculling machine - also works muscles symetrically, but more expensive, heavier, and larger than regular erg.

3) Sweep rowing simulator - works muscles asymetrically (but you probably get enough of that in the boat) may be useful in certain specific scenarios like learning to row the other side or working on technical parts of your stroke under a coach's supervision, but I would not use one for general physical conditioning.

Answer 3

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