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	Steering Tips
		The steering oar is held freely or lashed to a stainless steel U-bolt, which is affixed to the aft (left side) of the steering deck.
		Steering and boat control is accomplished by movement of the steering oar as well as directing commands to the paddlers such as to go forward, stop, hold water, pull to the left/right, reverse, and other variations.
		Steering – Steering on a dragon boat is exactly the same as steering a sailboat with a tiller or a small outboard motor boat using the motor control handle…You simply push the steering oar in the opposite direction of intended travel.
	www.tacomadragonboat.org /steering_tips.htm (2042 words)

	SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING.
		Steering, in all the early Egyptian vessels, was accomplished by means of one or more steering oars or sweeps that projected over the stern of the vessel.
		The lack of a keel is compensated for by a heavy steering oar or rudder, mounted on the centerline through a watertight housing in the bottom.
		To provide greater leverage for the long oars, the tholes, or pins, against which the oars were pulled, were mounted outside the hull of the ship on a wooden framework, called an apostis, running parallel to the centerline of the ship.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=222246 (5915 words)

	Facility Marketing Group
		This is when you have to work, for a left turn, the steering oar blade starts close to the tail of the boat and sweeps out away from the boat with the handle of the steering oar coming towards you.
		For a right turn, the steering oar blade starts away from the boat and pulls water towards the boat the handle of the steering oar pulls away from you.
		It is also important to minimize use of the steering oar during races, as it creates drag and can reduce overall speed.
	www.facilitymarketing.com /DragonBoat/steeringtips.htm (1770 words)

	THE OARS (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Oars for propulsion do exactly what they are meant for - they push the ship forward or backward and even turn it left or right helping the steering oars or independently of them.
		Steering oars have seen the greatest development and it is they that are now called rudders or simply steering wheels.
		The steering oar or quarter-rudder, which is fixed in the rear of the ship and is either single or double, directs the ship on its course with the right inclination, depending on the course the ship will follow.
	www.greece.org /poseidon/work/cyprus/kyr33.html (158 words)

	Rudder - KBismarck.com Naval Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A rudder is a movable blade, attached at or near the rear of a vessel, that is used to steer it.
		These crude paddles evolved into long steering oars that were tied to the sides of the vessel and were controlled by levers called tillers attached to their upper ends.
		This oar was on the helmsman's right as he faced forward--the steerboard (starboard) side of the vessel.
	www.kbismarck.com /encyclopedia/Rudder (226 words)

	Pulling Boat Oar Commands 1775
		The Coxswain is stationed in the stern of the vessel with the tiller or steering oar.
		The handle of each oar is to be between the feet of the oarsman on the floorboard, the outboard hand holding the loom at chin level, the inboard hand holding at thigh level.
		Oars are lowered to the horizontal, blades parallel to water’s surface.
	www.hmsrichmond.org /oarcmd.htm (1142 words)

	Online Etymology Dictionary
		Meaning "broad, flat piece of wood attached to the stern of a boat and used for steering" is from c.1303.
		Steerage (1399) was the steering apparatus of a ship before the introduction of the deck wheel; meaning "section of a ship with the cheapest accommodations" first recorded 1804.
		Steering committee in the U.S. political sense is recorded from 1887.
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?search=rudder (445 words)

	Paddles Up.ca
		The steering oar or sweep is always located at the left side of a dragon boat.
		Key points to remember: for a counter-clockwise spin, the steering oar starts close to the tail of the boat and sweeps out away from the boat and for a clockwise spin, the steering oar starts away from the boat and pulls water towards the boat.
		For this manouver, the steering oar needs to be pushed down through the U-bolt, otherwise the handle of the oar will hit the last paddler on the left.
	www.paddlesup.ca /docs/steering.html (2145 words)

	Ancient Sailing Ships
		Galleys are large seagoing vessels propelled primarily by oars in battle and equipped with sails for cruising.
		The Phoenician bireme had a single pole mast with a square sail and steering oars to port and starboard, with two banks of oars staggered on either side of the vessel; the upper bank situated above the lower to permit the oars of the upper bank to clear the rowers below.
		The craft was steered by means of a steering oar fixed at the aft end on the starboard side.
	www.geocities.com /dragar.geo/WSP/ships.html (2925 words)

	Origins of "Port" and "Starboard" - Sailing Anarchy Forums
		Prior to the invention of the stern post rudder, boats were helmed using a steering oar on the right side of the boat.
		The viking ships had the rudder/steering oar on the the right side and it was called "stjornbordi" where "stjorn" means stearing and "bordi" means side from the same origins as board wich is what the side was made of.
		The verb to steer is 'å styre' in Norwegian and Danish.
	www.sailinganarchy.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=25914 (2640 words)

	Oar Glossary - Dictionary definition [define: Oar] of Oar (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To boat the oars, to cease rowing, and lay the oars in the boat.
		To lie on the oars, to cease pulling, raising the oars out of water, but not boating them; to cease from work of any kind; to be idle; to rest.
		To toss the oars, To peak the oars, to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
	www.blogdict.com /glossary/Oar.html (368 words)

	White water rafting trip fleet boat types, from OARS, since 1969.
		At O.A.R.S., the river, road or trail you take might only be half the story, too - your mode of transportation might very well prove to be the essence of the adventure.
		Oar rafts are piloted by your guide, who controls the boat with a long set of wooden oars.
		O.A.R.S. also offers sea kayaking trips to Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks in Wyoming, Baja, Mexico and the Galapagos Islands, as well as family adventures, hiking trips, wine on the river trips, solo traveler excursions, women’s trips, yoga and spa adventures, bachelor or bachelorette party adventures, gourmet cooking, geology, archaeology and photography trips.
	www.oars.com /our_adventures/fleet.html (565 words)

	Ship Modeling FAQ, Question: Oars --- Revised: June 7, 2003
		Oars and sculls for barges, wherries, and skiffs, are made of ash (and sometimes of fir) rafters, which should be chosen tough, straight-grained, without shakes or large knots.
		DIMENSIONS OF OARS and SCULLS FOR BARGES, WHERRIES and SKIFFS
		The rowing oars generally ranged between 14 and 18 feet, with the spread in a particular boat usually about 2' between the longest and shortest, for example: 16', 17' and 18' in one example, or 15,' 16', and 17' in another example.
	home.att.net /~ShipmodelFAQ/smf-qOars.html (1286 words)

	Television Point \| Dictionary \| Meaning of oar
		Note: An oar is a kind of long paddle, which swings about a kind of fulcrum, called a rowlock, fixed to the side of the boat.
		Eng.] {Spoon oar}, an oar having the blade so curved as to afford a better hold upon the water in rowing.
		{To lie on the oars}, to cease pulling, raising the oars out of water, but not boating them; to cease from work of any kind; to be idle; to rest.
	www.televisionpoint.com /dictionary/default.asp?define=oar (332 words)

	Steering Wheels & Horns for Boats
		Steering wheels are the primary mechanism by which your boat’s steering is controlled.
		Usually, boat steering systems are designed effectively to navigate through rough water and wind conditions by simply pushing the steering oar in the opposite direction of intended travel.
		Steering wheels are also made of wrought stainless steel to ensure they last long and don’t get broken or corroded in the tough marine environment.
	www.fishreports.net /fishing-gear/boat-steering-wheel.php (716 words)

	Steering oar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The steering oar or steering board is an oversized oar or board to control the direction of a ship or other watercraft prior to the invention of the rudder.
		It was crucial in the invention of larger vessels in a time when the technology for rudders did not exist.
		Steering oars were the typical steering mechanism on larger viking ships.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steering_oar (166 words)

	chapter3
		On some boats, two oars were used for rowing from the stern, while on others, there were two short oars, bound on both sides of the stern, served as a rudder, while being propelled by a centre oar.
		centuries, an adjustment of the steering oar to a central plane of a vessel and transferring it to the rear considerably increased the manoeuvrability of vessels.
		century, the steering device was moved to the upper deck and moving of tiller was executed by a colder-stock - a vertical arm, joined by a hinge to the tiller.
	www.oceansatlas.com /unatlas/-ATLAS-/chapter3.html (6836 words)

	HyperWar: Seamanship (NAVPERS 16118) [Chapter ]
		Steering rowlock: a form of swivel rowlock, fitted near the stern of a whaleboat, in which the steering oar is shipped; sometimes called a crutch.
		By judicial easing of the oar or rudder, the sheer in of the stern may be lessened and the boat brought in slowly to the ship.
		The same four forces affect the steering: (1) the discharge current of the propeller; (2) the suction current; (3) the sidewise pressure of the blades; and (4) the normal steering effect of the rudder.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ref/Seamanship/Seamanship-6.html (11807 words)

	chapter3
		On some boats, two oars were used for rowing from the stern, while on others, there were two short oars, bound on both sides of the stern, served as a rudder, while being propelled by a centre oar.
		centuries, an adjustment of the steering oar to a central plane of a vessel and transferring it to the rear considerably increased the manoeuvrability of vessels.
		century, the steering device was moved to the upper deck and moving of tiller was executed by a colder-stock - a vertical arm, joined by a hinge to the tiller.
	www.oceansatlas.org /unatlas/-ATLAS-/chapter3.html (6836 words)

	Hemu (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In most cultures, both the pilot and the steering mechanism of a boat takes on a deep and abiding significance; the whole world, or an entire state, or a single individual can be seen as a boat which the pilot or steering mechanism directs on a true (or misdirected as the case may be) course.
		The association of steering a boat with ruling a state is so ingrained in the Western imagination that the word "government" itself originally meant "piloting a boat." Hemu seems to have this significance, though its precise meaning is subject to dispute among Egyptologists.
		We do know that the Egyptians thought that the four corners of the universe were steering oars, which seems to imply that they thought of the entire universe as a boat and the four corners of the universe as cosmic guides.
	www.wsu.edu:8001 /~dee/EGYPT/HEMU.HTM (163 words)

	SEMINAR REPORTS 2000
		The large single steering oar ran from the top of the tall rudder post directly through a notch at the stem of the vessel and was rotated by the steersman using a tiller.
		There had to be two steering oars, as can be seen from the diagram on page twelve (in portfolio)These were made necessary by the width of the stern post.
		Because of the large stern post, it was not possible to run a steering oar directly over the stern, thus necessitating the dual steering arrangement detailed at the bottom of sheet 12.
	www.arch.soton.ac.uk /prospectus/cma/histship/rep012.htm (973 words)

	Time Trial Canoe
		Make sure the oarlock ring is captive on the steering oar between the T handle and the blade, and that there is a safety line keeping the oar connected to the canoe.
		The oarlock for the steering oar should be placed in the oarlock fitting on the same side as the paddler.
		The steering dynamics of the time trial canoe are similar to those of a full size dragon boat, except that things happen faster and with a lot less force required.
	www.dragonboatnet.com /Insights-TimeTrialCanoe.php (806 words)

	Steering oars
		During the shunt, the oar is simply dropped into the water and allowed to float with its tether to the new stern where it is picked up by the crew.
		As the oar is mostly unnecessary on windward courses, there is no problem with the blade running in the vortex turbulence of the hull.
		As a rule of thumb I would recommend that steering oars be approximately one half the length of the canoe.
	homepages.paradise.net.nz /garyd/oars.html (791 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for steering
		Because of friction between the front tires and the road, especially in parking, effort is required to turn the steering wheel.
		The ref. is to the steering by means of a paddle worked over the right side of the vessel.
		Involuntary Rotations of a Steering Device Induced by Voluntary Rotations of the Head and Maintained Eccentric Head Positions.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=steering&StartAt=1 (1205 words)

	How to Scull , Yuloh a Boat
		A breed of oars specialized to sculling has evolved in many, parts of the world over millennia The best known of these are the Bahamian oar, the "slat" of tile Chesapeake watermen the bent scull float oar of the duck gunners, and the yuloh of the Chinese.
		The oar is again rotated and the first stroke repeated Since the loom of' the oar is bearing against the boat's stern, the back pres sure oil the blade as it cuts obliquely through the water shoves the stiffly held oar, and the boat itself forward.
		With Robbie pressing downward on the grip, at one end of the oar, and with water- pressing down on the flat of the blade at the other, the middle of the loom stayed right where it was on the edge of the float despite the tweaking and rotating that made the stroke work.
	www.simplicityboats.com /ScullYulohaboat.htm (2528 words)

	The Mariners' Museum: Newport News, Virginia
		The dugout - a single oar was skillfully used to propel and steer.
		The tiller was a horizontal, or nearly horizontal, bar attached at the head of the steering oar providing easier steering.
		Replacing the whipstaff directly, the steering wheel was connected to the tiller with block and tackle, which provided a considerable increase in mechanical advantage.
	www.mariner.org /educationalad/ageofex/steering.php (315 words)

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		These vessels were wind powered by square shaped sails, and as the Vikings never perfected the centreline rudder, vessels were steered with the aid of an oar lashed to the right hand side (looking towards the bow) of the stern.
		To increase its effectiveness, the steering oar was broadened to become the "Steering board".
		To protect the "steering board" from damage, the vessel was always docked with the left-hand side (looking towards the bow) nearest to the dockside.
	www.the-old-sea-dog.net /uk24.html (882 words)

	Recent Posts
		The oars were generally some nineteen feet in length, and narrower than the southern oars, that they might cut and sweep with great speed, more rapidly than the wider bladed oar; and with two men to each oar, and the lightness of the ship, this would produce great speed.
		The Dorna used oars of varying lengths; her oars, like those of many tarn ships, varied by about one and one-half foot Gorean, oar to oar; the most inboard oar being the longest; the outblard oar being the shortest.
		In tacking to windward her leeward oars and rowing frame are likely to drag in the water, cutting down speed considerably and not infrequently breaking oars.
	users.boardnation.com /~thief-of-kar/index.php?action=recent (6312 words)

	boats.com - Feature: Emergency Repairs
		All hydraulic steering systems should have stop valves in the pipelines and a method of isolating the wheel from the hydraulic rams so if the failure is due to some other cause, the wheel can be disconnected and an emergency tiller used atop the rudder post.
		The most difficult repair is when the rudder stock breaks, because any jury steering system is going to have to be rigged directly to the rudder blade — and that means using one of the methods described earlier to control the angle of the blade.
		The pole on its own will steer the boat as it is moved from side to side, but it will be much more effective if a plank, such as a bunk board, is bolted or lashed to it.
	www.boats.com /content/boat-articles.jsp?contentid=2949 (4447 words)

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