156 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES Of UNITED STATES. 



Apparatus ai'c*e«««iory to ri^^^iii^ lijiliiiiS-veMj-iels. 



Eowlock.s. 



251S8. Rowlock for dory. Showing now mode of rastcning. Wilcox, Crit- 

 tondt-n & Co., Middletown, Conn. 



25765. Dory thole-pin rowlock. Samuel El well, jr., Gloucester, Mhss. 



25090. Gnu-metal dory rowlock with Soutliwick's jiatent fastening. Wilcox, 

 Crittenden &, Co., Middletown, Conn. 



25100. Dory rowlock, showing patent mode of fastening. Wilcox. Critten- 

 den & Co., Middletown, Conn. 



26902. "Lyman's patent how-facing row ing-gcir." William Lyman, Mid- 

 dlefield, Conn. 



This how-facing, i. c, front view, rowing-gear is an invention which 

 allows the rower to face forward instead of backward, pulling in the same 

 manner as with the ordinary oars. This reverse^novemeut is obtained by 

 having the oar in two parts, each part having a ball-and-socket joint, 

 which is attached to the wale of the boat by means of a slot and button, 

 and the two parts connected by a rod (with hinge«l bearings) which 

 crosses the wale of the boat. 



The advantages claimed for this rowing-gear over the ordinary oar. an- : 



" 1. The oaraman faces the direction in which he tjoex. 



2. The arrangement of the levers is such that the oirsmau applies hi.-> 

 strer^th to the best mech.anical adviintage, enabling him to row faster and 

 more easily than with any other oar. 



3. Dui'iug the stroke the bow of the boat is slightly raised by the mo- 

 tion of the rower instead of being lowered by his motion as in ordinary^ 

 rowing. 



4. The stroke is longer than with ordinary oars. 



5. The oars can be closed up out of the way along the side of the boat 

 without detaching them from the gunwale. 



6. It is better from the fact that the bhule of the oar is iu front and can 

 be seen at the beginning of the stroke, so that there is no ditliculty in 

 avoiding obstacles, and in a rough sea there is little danger <>f "catching 

 crabs." 



7. With these oars the boatman makes no more elVort in .steering than 

 in directing his coui-se while walking, and this advantage lessens greatly 

 the effort of rowing. 



8. While rowing there is no noise from the bearings. 



9. A pair of these oars weigh about 5 pounds more than the oars, but 

 this additional weight has this advantage, that at the beginning and cml 

 of the stroke it helps to lower and raise the blade owing to the peculiar 

 position of the oar. 



10. When these oirra are detached from the boat, no wo<'<l or iron jiro- 

 jections aro left on the wale of the boat, as in ordinary rowing-gear, and 

 thus a serious iucouvenienco is obviated. 



These oars can be attached to and detached from the boat very quickly 

 and they can be closed up iu a couveuieut form for carrying. 



These several advantages; viz, the front view, the increased ease and 

 speed in rowing, the raising of the bow instead of dci)n'ssingir, the closing 

 up of the oar out of tho way wliilo on the boat, the incroa.id facility in 

 avoiding obstacles, the diminished effort of hand aiul eyes iu steering, 

 the rowing without uoise, tho better bahiuco and swing of tho oars, have 

 commended this now gear to all who have tried it. 



This ge.ar can be attached to almost any boat , ami is especially a<laptcd 

 to hunting, tishing. and all kinds of pleasure bnating. 



