Word: oared
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blade: cool way of saying oar. Also a way to refer to the painted part of the oar...
port: a starboard sweep rows with his or her left hand on the end of the oar handle...
...race was originally scheduled to be 2000 meters long, but due to a sewer leak on Mission Bay, the course was shortened to 1500 meters. Western teams traditionally row 1000-meter races, however, so the extra 500 meters benefited, the oar women anyway...
...reception after the briefing, Johnson scooped up hors d'oeuvres (oar doves, he called them) in both hands and crammed his mouth full. Then he dispatched two drinks with resounding gurgles...
...school closes its doors at the end of this week. For tuition of around $300 a week, which includes housing and home-cooked meals at the rambling frame house that serves as the school's dormitory, students can spend from one to three weeks studying such subjects as oar-and paddlemaking, boat repair or canoe building. Says School Head Peter Anderheggen, 50, a former English professor at Norwalk (Conn.) Community College: "We're not going to turn an eager amateur into a master boatbuilder in three weeks. But I think we'll enable most of our graduates...