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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.
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.
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What is the technical name for the sport of rowing?
A word often associated with the sport of rowing, is sculling. This is a method of using oars to propel watercraft.A form of rowing is two-oared sculling. Another form is sweep rowing, in which a rower has only one oar.
Clue is sculling trainer two words 6 and 5?
Rowing coach
Have there been any good novels about rowing or sculling?
HM van den Brink, On the Water
What is it called when using oars to move a boat?
That is called rowing. A boat can also be propelled with one oar off the stern and that is called sculling.
Other words that are related to the word skiff?
dinghy,light boat especially used for rowing or sculling.
Forward Sweep is what type of technique for what activity?
Forward sweep is used in rowing (with one blade), but not in sculling (like rowing but with two blades). This should be true as I row
What is Quad Four Rowing?
When there is a boat with four people and they each have two sculling oars so in total there are eight oars
Forward sweep sculling draw and hanging draw are techniques of what outdoor activity?
Orienteering, kayaking,motocross, or rock crawling? NONE of the above as sculling is rowing with two blades(oars as you may call them) and Forward sweep is just normal rowing (with one oar) in a pair, four or eight. A 'forward sweep stroke', 'sculling draw' and the 'hanging draw' are all different canoe/kayak paddle strokes.
What has the author R D Burnell written?
R. D. Burnell has written: 'Swing together' 'Sculling' -- subject(s): Rowing
What is a boat called for 8 man rowing?
the proper answer is an 8.or if these rowers are using two blades (sculling) it is called an octuplate
What is small rowing boat called?
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)
What is sweep rowing?
"sweep rowing" is a type of rowing stroke. A sweep oar boat is where each rower has only one oar, on alternate sides down the boat, and a sculling boat is one where each rower has 2 oars, one in each hand. A sweep rowing boat can hold 1, 2, 4 or 8 rowers, and a sculling boat can hold 1, 2 or 4.
