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[edit] History

Something on the history & development of the shell would be welcome... Such as, the first sliding seat was added in 1857. Trekphiler 12:25, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Wow - didn't realise that it was that early - I always thought it was Steve Fairbairn in the 20s who introduced sliders.

Ah, but did you know that before the sliding seat, they used lether pants coated in grease, on a longitudinal seat? http://www.fomitc.org/history_chapter8.htm scot 21:38, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
More history, with dates, to be found at http://www.boathouserow.org/pac/pachist1.html scot 21:54, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Is Janousek enough of a 'Notable' maker of shells? Pjc51 21:56, 1 September 2006

I agree with Pjc51 when he says about Janouseck, also what about Empacher, Sims, Stampfli, Lola-Aylings, ERB..? there are plenty of Non-American makes! Fredeaz 21:47 28th Jun 07 (GMT)

[edit] External links

Wikipedia is not a directory of external links, several notable manufactures are not included so it's an advert, also noticed the internal links to manufacturers above, external links can go on the articles. ---Nate1481(t/c) 09:56, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

It would be better to link to a Wikipedia article about a manufacturer rather than to the manufacturer's site. Note, however, WP:EL has wording similar to what Nate1481 quoted from "Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links", but actually says
Long lists of links are not appropriate: Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links.
The list is not a long list, so I consider it tolerable. It will be even shorter if some of the links can be changed to wikilinks. --Gerry Ashton 13:17, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
The problem is defining long, there is already a list of manufactures by region, putting the links on the end of those with wiki links @ start should be enough. (p.s. I was quoting from WP:NOT)--Nate1481(t/c) 13:40, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
I think the present version of the article, that has a regional list, with a Wikilink when available, or a website reference at the end of the entry (if available), is a good approach. --Gerry Ashton 14:01, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Number of rowers

Twice, I have come across a triple (three rowers); once on the Potomac River in Washington DC, and once on Lake Monroe in Sanford, FL.

I recall one of them was a 3-person scull. The other one was an interesting sweep/scull hybrid in which the center rower holds two oars but the fore and aft rowers each hold a single oar on opposite sides. When I saw this hybrid, I thought this was the most practical kind of practice shell imaginable. It could be operated by one rower as a scull, two rowers as a sweep, or three rowers as a hybrid, and always remain balanced.

I've never heard of such a thing in competition. I don't know of any company that makes triples, either. Probably they were custom-built, or made from modified coxed pairs.

Anyway, I'm not sure it's notable enough to mention triples in this article, but the article does mention other rare configurations, so I thought I'd bring it up here. -Amatulic 21:26, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

The hard part would be finding a reference to back it up; the 24-person hull mentioned was a one-off (or so I gather), but it was a notable one-off, made for a record attempt. The 6, 10 and 12s need a reference, a quick search doesn't turn up any references. scot 22:07, 24 October 2007 (UTC)