(1) I was stroke oar and John was in the bow

(2) He relates the importance of the thole, which secures the oar to the boat, and notes that towing was the expedition's worst job assignment.

(3) The person on the port side all the way aft is the stroke oar , the rower who sets the pace that everyone else must match.

(4) He is considered by many as the best u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510strokeu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb oar in the long history of lightweight rowing at Harvard.

(5) Smith got his oar stuck in the water and had to stop rowing with 600 metres to go.

(6) The crew suddenly lost their stroke oar to eligibility issues, and Erickson was back to the drawing board to find a line-up.

(7) Sitting high in the water their oars were clearing the waves and the crew looked polished and clean.

(8) But everything progressed smoothly and he oared his canopy slow and smooth on the calm river, along with many others, all dreaming to reach the pinnacle of success through self-actualization.

(9) His life was spared because his daughter Hypsipyle set him adrift in an oarless boat.

(10) She saw a small wooden dock, and a wooden rowboat with two oars floating in the water.

(11) The starboard oars dipped into the water and were held fast and the great ship slowed and stopped.

(12) The fine owner of a lodge at the shoreline was gracious enough to offer an aluminum boat with oars for our use.

(13) Kaishek failed to notice the concealed motion and came at his opponent with both blades swirling like the oars of a seven man regatta rowing boat.

(14) In his opinion, it is very important to have on board: oars , oarlocks, a boat hook, a good knife, a sounder and the mobile phone.

(15) We docked by a port with several other boats in, most of them small rowing boats with oars .

(16) The ship can be easily steered with just the oars doing all the work when the sail is down.

(17) After dark, we could hear the sound of oars of an approaching dinghy.

(18) They pull hard at the oars until the boat is abreast of the island, and then they ram the bow against its icy littoral.

(19) Each boat contains a crew of two and each crew rows an identical 7.1 metre boat that includes two sliding seats and the same sculling oars as used in standard rowing boats.

(20) Sailors pushed up and down on the oars like a water pump to manoeuvre the boat.