Notes on the Chinese ‘Yuloh’

Abstract

Discusses the propulsion method employed by some small Chinese craft, which is in effect sculling with an oar containing an elbow, known as a Yuloh or yaolu. It examines both the construction of the oar and the technique employed by the operator standing in the vessel who feathers it through the water.

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Filed under: Other (Twentieth C) | Pacific
Subjects include: Leisure & Small Craft | Manpower & Life at Sea | Miscellaneous