Row
If a rowboat is nearby, ROW to the victim, then use an oar to guide him or her to the stern. Let the victim remain in the water while holding to the stern as you paddle to shore.
row - A method of moving a boat with oars. The person rowing the boat faces backwards, bringing the blade of the oars out of the water and toward the bowbow of the boat.
As I began to row into the wind, it was apparent that we had dragged onto the reef leading with our stern quarter. This was good and bad news. At least we could set the kedge off the bow and use the bow rollers as guides and the windlass for leverage.
BACK BOARD A portable back support nicely designed and fitted on the after side of the stern thwart in a small motor or row boat. BACK STAY Stays which extend from all mast levels, except the lower, to the ship's side at some distance abaft the mast.
It became the custom among the Mediterranean powers to sentence condemned criminals to row in the war galleys of the state.
Or how it looks as you row the dog ashore in the morning. Aesthetics has always been a huge part of yacht design for me.
If the other boat has the ROW, take unequivocal action showing that you are giving the ROW.
Proceed to Tuck's Point with vehicle that has Manchester resident sticker for parking at Tuck's Point. Load up the Toad (row boat) and wear life jackets. The registration for Victoria is pasted to the inside of the shore box.
With a small electric or gas motor, you can be fishing in no time. The 5.75" wide slats give excellent support for stand-up casting. For smaller ponds, you can even skip the motor and just row the 8.6 FT. It's surprisingly fast and easy to row.
double-banked - When men sit on the same thwart to row oars from different sides of a boat. Double-banked frigates were two deckers, with the upper deck ports disguised.
double block - A block with twin sheaves, or pulleys.
Cell Position
The location of a cell on board of a container vessel identified by a code for successively the bay, the row and the tier, indicating the position of a container on that vessel.
To lighten the front end, any passengers in the bow of the boat will move to the centre and row to shore. On reaching the shore, one person sets foot on the ground and holds the boat steady while the other passengers step out.
A coxswain or cockswain was at first the swain (boy servant) in charge of the small cock or cockboat that was kept aboard for the ship's captain and which was used to row him to and from the ship.
If you have a dinghy on a cruising yacht, climb in and drop a second anchor, shackle the second anchor on and row it out. Do this when you arrive so you don't have to do it in the middle of the night when it's storming.
Tacking requires momentum and on Munin we let the sails backwind and sometimes row on the leeward side to assist.
 See also: Boat, Point, Sailing, Stand, Set
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