This morning was particularly foggy so chose to go down to The Cam and was not disappointed by the number of (town) boats on the river. There is one combination, a pair, which I didn't see this morning and one which I have never seen before nor likely to again - an eight boat with just 6 rowers and a cox in it! Perhaps they were unable to find enough people or two failed to turn up - an interesting arrangement whatever.
The first three images are of sculling where each person in the boat has two blades or oars. They appear as a Single, a Double and a Quad scull. This Quad scull has a cox in the bow of the boat, and it is also possible to have a coxless Quad scull but I didn't see one today.
The next boats are Rowing boats where each person in the boat has only one blade or oar. The most difficult boat to row is a Pair which is the combination I didn't see on the river this morning. Below are two coxed Fours - one where the cox is in the stern and the other where the cox is in the bow. I think it is possible to have an uncoxed Four but I didn't see that today. Then follows an Eight (always coxed) after which is the most unusual arrangement of a Six!
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