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 ...