coxless fours

…Originally it means a small boat. However, it is also used in a broader sense, such as ferryboat or U-boat. In Japanese, it means a Western-style small boat. It often refers to sports or recreational boats rowed with oars, such as rental boats in parks and racing eights, fours, and sculls. Eights and fours are rowed by eight and four people, respectively, with one oar each, while sculls are rowed by one person, with two oars on each side. All of them boast high performance, using an ultra-lightweight hull, a seat that slides back and forth, and a protruding oar seat, allowing them to glide across the water like flying. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "coxless fours" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…本来は小さい舟のこと。しかしフェリーボートとかUボートなど，かなり広い意味にも使う。日本語としては西洋型の小舟を意味する。そして公園の貸しボートや競技用のエイト，フォア，スカルなどオールでこぐスポーツないし娯楽用のものを指すことが多い。エイトとフォアはそれぞれ8人と4人が1本ずつオールをこぐが，スカルは1人で両玄2本のオールをこぐ。いずれも超軽量の船体，前後に滑動する座席，張り出したオール受座を使い，飛ぶように水面を滑る高性能を誇る。…

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