sweep boats

Boats in which the rowers have one oar and there are two, four or eight rowers; a sweep boat might be guided by a coxswain.
sweep boats 						Race in which rowers grip one oar in both hands.

See Also


parts of a boat

sweep oar

basin

rowing (one oar)

Race in which rowers grip one oar in both hands.

coxed pair

coxless pair

coxed four

coxless four

coxed eight