Member Saverio Biasutto wrote in to share this video with us.
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In this video filmed on the canals of Venice, we see the Venetian rowing style, performed standing up. Note the rowlock (in Venetian: fórcola), whose shape allows the oar to be set in one of three or four different positions.
November 22, 2022 – Technical Lesson with an Oar among the Rivers of Venice
David Sinclair says:
Wonderfully peaceful vignette of a calm morning in Venice by gondola. The sculling is ‘just extraordinary’. This brings to mind the video ‘Avel Dro in Venice – exploring remote backwaters of the lagoon’ by Roger Barnes. He gives the viewer a perspective on the ‘hidden gems’ of the Venetian lagoon as can only be experienced from the water.