Yoke lanyards are the small lines made fast to the ends of the yoke, by which the rudder is turned and the boat steered.
The stem is the upturned portion of the keel at the bow of the boat, to which the forward ends of the planks are secured.
Oars are said to be double banked when two men pull one oar.
The blade of an oar is the broad flattened part. The handle is the small part of an oar on the inboard end of the loom, which the oarsman grasps when pulling. The loom is the portion of an oar extending from the blade to the handle. The leather is the portion of an oar which rests in the rowlock. This is sometimes covered with canvas, but is usually covered with leather; hence the name.
Feathering is the term applied to the operation of turning the blades nearly flat to the water after the stroke, with the upper edge turned forward, especially valuable in rowing against a head wind.
Rowlocks are forked pieces of metal in which the leather of the oars rests while pulling. Swivel rowlocks are movable, a pin on the rowlock fitting into a socket in the gunwale.
Thole pins are pins set vertically in the gunwale and are used in place of rowlocks.
The steering rowlock is a peculiar form of swivel rowlock (fitted near the stern of a boat) in which the steering oar is shipped. This is sometimes called a crutch.
The painter is a rope secured in the bow for towing or for securing the boat.
Boat-falls are tackles made with two blocks and a length of rope; used for hoisting boats.