One theory posits that in the past, even before the most powerful outboard engines, the steering oars of a boat were commonly positioned on the starboard side since people are more often dominant ...

Traditionally, fishermen controlled the boats by waving an oar back and forth in an arc-like motion. Since basket boats are round, learning how to steer one with a wooden oar requires a unique set ...

This item is an oar from the 1938 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race and was found in a skip in Bletchley, Milton Keynes. In 1938, Oxford won the race so the oar lists all the members of the victor ...

“The boat was unable to navigate and veered off its normal course,” he said. He said it is unclear why the crew member missed the water with the rudder oar and fell into the river. “We ...