Scull boat

In rowing, a scull boat is a racing rowing boat or a giant rowing boat , which is moved by the rowers with sculls . Each rower drives the boat with one skull on the starboard and one on the port side . This construction is in contrast to belt boats , which provide one-sided "oars" for every rower ( two without a helmsman , two with a helmsman , four without a helmsman , four with a helmsman and eight ).

Examples of scull boat classes in modern rowing are:

• One (skiff)
• Double scull
• Double quad (with or without helmsman )
• Double figure eight with helmsman (used less often in training)

In contrast to belt boats, the crew in scull boats can also consist of an odd number of rowers, since there are no significant differences between the driving forces on the starboard and port sides. Yaw movements are therefore usually not a problem in scull boats. For this reason the boatyards build boat classes such as the “double three” or “double five” in gig design for training purposes, which are very popular in clubs. Although they can not be used in regattas , they allow teams to be put together regardless of the number of participants in the training session.

literature

• Wolfgang Fritsch: manual for rowing: training - stamina - free time . 4th, revised edition. Meyer & Meyer Verlag, Aachen 2006, ISBN 978-3-89899-111-7 .