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BOW RUDDER [3 records]

Record 1 2017-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paddle Sports
DEF

A manoeuvrer in which the paddler in the bow inserts his paddle alongside the bow on the side opposite the paddling side without changing his grip so that the paddle can act as a rudder to steer the canoe around obstacles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de pagaie
CONT

Technique. [...] Une manœuvre [...] qui ne peut être pratiquée que par l'équipier avant ou le soliste, est l'appel débordé : le pagayeur étant supposé bordé à droite fait une torsion du buste vers la gauche, et sans changer la position des mains, immerge sa pagaie à gauche du bateau [...] L'une des faces [de la pagaie] tournée vers la coque et vers l'avant oppose une résistance à l'avancement, et son angle transforme le mouvement rectiligne [du bateau] en mouvement giratoire ou latéral [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maneuvering of Ships
  • Special-Language Phraseology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvre des navires
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maneuvering of Ships
  • Ship and Boat Parts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvre des navires
  • Parties des bateaux

Spanish

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