Subj : Re: Proposed FISA rule changes
To   : rec.sport.rowing
From : carl
Date : Fri Dec 11 2020 03:06 pm

On 10/12/2020 21:07, RS wrote:
> I notice that the October 2020 congress proposed a few changes to the rules.
One that caught my eye possible because it is rule one and I did read that far
was the deletion of the word "Displacement" in the definition of rowing, so
rule 1 now reads as below. Does this matter, why the proposed change?
> 
> Rowing is the propulsion of a  boat, with or
> without coxswain, by the muscular force of one or more
> rowers, using oars as simple levers of the second order and
> sitting with their backs to the direction of movement of the boat.
> Rowing on a machine or in a tank which simulates the action of
> rowing in a boat is also considered as rowing.
> 
> A rowing regatta is a sporting competition consisting of one or
> more events divided, if necessary, into a number of races, in
> one or more classes of boats for rowers divided, as a general
> rule, into different categories of gender, age or weight.
> 

So let's go hydrofoiling?

And is an oar really a "simple 2nd-order lever", since it's supposed 
pivot point or fulcrum moves in & through the water such an obvious loop 
& has a centre of effort whose location on the blade constantly varies?

Cheers -
Carl

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