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07-24-2006, 06:51 AM #1
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Paddle or ore?
What’s the difference between a paddle and a ore (oar)?
Last edited by Tuckerman; 07-24-2006 at 07:29 AM.
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07-24-2006, 07:25 AM #2
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You would use a paddle to propel yourself through water in a small boat.
Ore is a mineral or an aggregate of minerals from which a valuable constituent, especially a metal, can be profitably mined or extracted. I don't think it would be of much use for kayaking, unless you're selling it to buy one.
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07-24-2006, 07:28 AM #3
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Right how about a Oar. What’s the difference between a paddle and a oar?
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07-24-2006, 07:55 AM #4
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a paddle you hold the entire thing and use your arms for leverage, whereas with an oar, you have it placed in a stirrup? and use that for leverage to row.
at least so think
edit: damn Im good
from http://www.oregonrafting.com/index.cfm?pid=15 at the bottom
What's the difference between a "paddle" and an "oar"? A paddle is usually 4' to 5' long and used with two hands, such as in a canoe or kayak (a kayak uses a double-ended paddle). An oar is usually 9' to 11' long and requires an oar lock (or fulcrum) so that it can act like a lever against the water such as in a rowboat or Viking ship. A person paddles with a paddle and rows with an oar.Last edited by pechelman; 07-24-2006 at 08:03 AM.
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07-24-2006, 08:13 AM #5
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Thank you.
People should learn endurance; they should learn to endure the discomforts of heat and cold, hunger and thirst; they should learn to be patient when receiving abuse and scorn; for it is the practice of endurance that quenches the fire of worldly passions which is burning up their bodies.
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