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Full hull model, racing skiff, starboard broadside Long Caption: Scale: 1:24. Full hull model of a racing skiff (1890), equipped with four oars. These lightly built boats had a wooden frame and hull covered with varnished silk decking. The rowers pulled on single oars and used sliding seats to enable greater use of the legs, giving more power to the stroke. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: SLR1210 Artist: unknown Date: late 19th century Medium: wood; leather; cotton; fabric; brass; metal; varnish; laminate Size: 50 mm x 1125 mm x 145 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.