WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP 2016

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WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP 2016

Post by aukepalmhof » Wed Aug 24, 2016 9:41 pm

Monaco issued in 2016 1 stamp for the World Rowing Coastal Championship which will take place in October in Monaco. The stamp shows us quad rowing boat with four rowers and 1 coxswain. The boat have a length of maximum 10.70m, with a weight of 150 kg.

A coxed four is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain.
The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oar, and a cox. There are two rowers on the stroke side (rower's right hand side) and two on the bow side (rower's left-hand side). The cox steers the boat using a rudder and may be seated at the stern of the boat where there is a view of the crew or in the bow (known as a bowloader). With a bowloader, amplification is needed to communicate with the crew which is sitting behind, but the cox has a better view of the course and the weight distribution may help the boat go faster. When there is no cox, the boat is referred to as a "coxless four".
Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular in cross-section in order to reduce drag to a minimum. Originally made from wood, shells are now almost always made from a composite material (usually carbon-fibre reinforced plastic) for strength and weight advantages. Fours have a fin towards the rear, to help prevent roll and yaw and to help the rudder. The riggers are staggered alternately along the boat so that the forces apply asymmetrically to each side of the boat. If the boat is sculled by rowers each with two oars the combination is referred to as a quad scull. In a quad scull the riggers apply forces symmetrically. A sweep oared boat has to be stiffer to handle the unmatched forces, and so requires more bracing, which means it has to be heavier than an equivalent sculling boat. However most rowing clubs cannot afford to have a dedicated large hull with four seats which might be rarely used and instead generally opt for versatility in their fleet by using stronger shells which can be rigged for either as fours or quads.
"Coxed four" is one of the classes recognized by the International Rowing Federation. It was one of the original events in the Olympics but was dropped in 1992

Mónaco 2016 2.00 Euro sg?, scott?
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweep_(rowing)
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Re: WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP 2016

Post by aukepalmhof » Wed Dec 12, 2018 1:48 am

Rowing World Championship: junior canoe world championship 1991 in Vienna, Austria.
The stamp shows a coxed four scull canoe. By the stamp is given by the Austrian Post:

The first rowing world championships were held in Lucerne in 1962. Women were involved in this sporting event as of 1974. The World Rowing Association, or F. I. S. A. founded on June 25, 1892, which the Austrian Rowing Federation joined in 1947, supervises international competitions, holds world championships, and together with the International Olympic Committee, conducts Olympic regattas. The 100th anniversary of the Austrian Rowing Federation and the new regatta stretch on the New Danube were convincing arguments meriting Vienna as the site of the 1991 championships. The canoe, with its centuries-old history as a form of aquatic transportation, rooted itself in Austria with the founding of the Austrian Kayak Society for competitive sport. Numerous Austrian victories give witness to this sport's rapid development. The Junior Canoe World Championships were held initially in 1985, the fourth of which took place in Vienna for the first time.

Austria 1991 5S sg?, scott1544
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