Push rowing

Push rowing is a medieval rowing technique in which the rower stands in the stern of his boat and looks in the direction of travel. The thrust rudder is stored in a flexible loop at the stern of the boat.

In the starting position the rower holds the thrust rudder vertically in the water. The rudder blade is at a 90 ° angle to the longitudinal axis of the boat. If the rower now moves the upper shaft towards the bow , this pushes the blade in the water backwards / upwards and propulsion occurs. In order to lose as little propulsion as possible, the rower turns the thrust rudder by 90 ° at the end of the movement and returns the blade parallel to the longitudinal axis of the boat under water to the starting position, where he has to turn it again. Steering the boat is possible through the rowing process.

The oldest archaeological evidence of the push oar technique dates from the Latène period near Dürrnberg in Austria .

literature

• Johannes Hoops (term): Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde . Ed .: Johannes Hoops , Heinrich Beck , Dieter Geuenich and Heiko Steuer . 2nd, completely revised and greatly expanded edition. tape 25 : Bark boat - Rzucewo culture. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2003, ISBN 978-3-11-017733-6 , pp. 394 .