The keelless Reed Boat was used for river and coastal transport in Egypt and Mesopotamia. |
Just a similar sort of prejudice was displayed against the earlier style of rowing in keelless boats. |
Every vessel had several keelless whale-boats, pointed at both bow and stern, so that they could be rowed forwards or backwards. |
He calculated that their boat weighed double that of the Londoners' and designed the first keelless boat in the world, The Five Brothers. |
Their performances will be found under the description of the first keelless eight. |
From that time the keelless racing boat has held its own, fours and pairs and sculling boats all following suit. |