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    In watercraft, a racing shell (also referred to as a fine boat (UK) or simply a shell) is an extremely narrow, and often comparatively long, rowing boat...
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  • Look up shell in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shell may refer to: Shell (structure), a thin structure Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually...
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    premium fuel grade, Shell V-Power Nitro+ Gasoline (formerly Shell Super Premium) and Shell V-Power Nitro+ Racing (formerly Shell V-Power). In Indonesia...
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    Bootswerft Empacher GmbH) is a manufacturer of boats. Today, they produce racing shells for the sport of rowing. Originally building sailing yachts, Willy Empacher...
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    Bathurst 1000. The team currently competes under the commercial title Shell V-Power Racing Team with two Ford Mustang GTs. Anton de Pasquale drives the No....
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    Pocock Racing Shells is a Seattle, Washington-based racing shells manufacturer, founded in 1911. The roots of the company began in England during the 1800s...
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    one person, to shells with eight rowers and a coxswain, called eights. There are a wide variety of course types and formats of racing, but most elite...
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  • part of a ship or boat Bow (position), the rower seated in the bow of a racing shell Bow knot, a shoelace knot or a rosette Bow tie, a type of necktie Pussy...
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    19, 1976) was a leading designer and builder of racing shells in the 20th century. Pocock-built shells began to win U.S. Intercollegiate Rowing Association...
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  • rigger, one who ties up others primarily as an art form One who sets up a racing shell in the sport of rowing Rigger, Duke Nukem's henchman from the animated...
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    vary between the two as the racing shells of competitive rowing are built for speed rather than stability. Racing shells are also far more expensive and...
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  • Hardwick Racing was a grand-prix motorcycle racing team founded by Australian businessman Jeff Hardwick. The team ran in the world championship with Shell-sponsored...
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    swimming along the river Rowing, a sport that involves propelling a boat (racing shell) on water, using oars Sailing is the practice of navigating a sail-powered...
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    Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. Shell is a public limited company with a primary listing on...
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  • WinTech Racing is a racing shell manufacturer based in Shelton, Connecticut, United States. The company's boat designs come from Klaus Filter, a shell designer...
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  • Skiff (section Racing)
    which are sailed internationally. The term skiff is also used for a racing shell called single scull for competitive rowing. The word is related to ship...
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    Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Outrigger canoe Outrigger canoe racing Racing shell Sailing canoe Training wheels Wikimedia Commons has media related...
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  • Carl Douglas Racing Shells Cucchietti Empacher Falcon racing Filippi Boats Fluidesign Hudson Boatworks Janousek Racing Boats John Waugh Racing Boats Laszlo...
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  • City Thunder, an American basketball team Octuple scull, an eight-man racing shell found in the sport of rowing All pages with titles beginning with Oct...
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    the other end, and pivot in between in oarlocks. Oared craft include: Racing shell Using oars in pairs, with one hand on each oar, is two-oar sculling....
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    was an innovative boat designer who pioneered the development of the racing shell and the use of outriggers. He is said to have invented spoon-shaped oars...
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    boat, but they are nevertheless asymmetrical. This means a sweep oared racing shell has to be stiffer in order to handle the unmatched forces, and so requires...
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  • national champion lightweight rower and a builder of world class rowing racing shells. Sykes commenced rowing in 1955 aged 12 as a coxswain at the Corio Bay...
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    skiffs use them but macons or wider oars dominate in dinghy rowing. A few racing shell clubs/coaches keep some for training for technique in their learner boats...
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  • gladly mop floors for tuition. Joe starts dating Joyce and admits to racing-shell builder George Pocock that he’s been on his own since his dad abandoned...
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  • 986950°N 81.243177°W / 42.986950; -81.243177 Fluidesign is a rowing racing shell manufacturer headquartered in London, Ontario. Fluidesign was established...
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  • (gunwale) of a racing shell.[1] The oarlock is attached to the far end of the rigger away from the boat. The rigger allows the racing shell to be narrow...
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    involving today's lengthier slides enabling conventional (Fairbairnized) racing shell propulsion. "My dear boy, you are under a wrong impression. It is not...
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    Octuple scull (category Rowing racing boats)
    sculling shell, often simply called an oct and abbreviated as an 8x or 8x+, is a racing shell used in the sport of rowing. Unlike the eight (8+), a racing shell...
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    of a boat club or rowing club and used to store racing shells, in which case it may be known as a shell house. Boat houses may also include a restaurant...
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