2. Boats

 I write it about rowing roughly today.

We call rowing “Soutei”,”Tantei”,”Kyousou” in Japan. Rowing is a seat back and forth and is a competition to do a race by ship to advance to with a leg power with an oar. We row a constant distance on a boat in the water and compete for order. The rule is simple. However, in the characteristic of the competition, a result greatly depends on the natural condition and weather. The tournament says a regatta. The regatta is used as words to hint at the aquatic meeting including the yacht. The etymology of the regatta comes from the boat race of the gondola.

A boat has many kinds. The boat greatly separates you, and there are a scull type and a sweep type. The scull type is the thing of the type that by one of them rows with an oar in both hands. They include single scull, double scull, quad scull. The sweep type is the thing of the type that to row with one oar with both hands. They include pair, forehand, eight.

The singe scull row alone, and the double sculls row 2 people, the quad sculls row 4 people. The pair row 2 people, the forehand row 4 people, the eight row 8 people.

In addition, coxswain plays an important role on a ship. A coxswain is the player who controls you to be able to go ahead at riding, the shortest distance forward in the tail of the ship. But it is important that each crew directs to be able to row the left right in a good balance when I cut a rudder. In addition, it’s a leader like role of ship to think about pace, and to give instructions to crew, and to measure time, and to put spurt, and to tighten crew, and to heap up. A small-sized person is often employed in coxswain to reduce the weight of the ship even a little.

The weight of the ship is 96kg with about 14kg, the eight heavy most by the lightest single scull. Full length of the ships is about 17m with about 7m90cm, the eight having a long it most by the shortest single scull. The eight’s speed is fast, and becomes about 20km per an hour most. However, there is awful sense of speed even if the bodily sensation speed in the water is called 20km per an hour further!

Rowing is such sports. Did you want to try it?