Talk:Single scull

update
I have just updated this article. My only question is whether it should just be included under rowing.--aquamari 06:32, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Rowing and sculling skills equivalent?
Someone has added a statement that "For the vast majority of rowers, sweep oar ability is very close to sculling proficiency." I would dispute that, since most sweep rowers of my acquaintance have not had much experience in sculling and I would not class them as proficient. Has anyone got a view on whether this statement is justified? Even at international level, Redgrave's ability in the scull was seen as exceptional (though he wasn't up to world-beating standard in the scull), and few top scullers are seen in sweep boats, AFAIK. TrulyBlue (talk) 12:02, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


 * To answer my own question, I looked at the FISA list of top rowers and noted that only one male and two female athletes had medalled in both sweep and scull. I feel that it's not justified to claim that proficiency in the two disciplines is so closely correlated, so I'm going to take it out.  So there.  TrulyBlue (talk) 16:22, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

The Sculls are the oars, NOT the boat
My problem with this article is the misuse of "scull", which is not unusual, but still mistaken.

Sculls are the oars that scullers use to row a shell. The boat is a shell (not a scull) whether it is a sweep or sculling boat. Sweep and sculling refer to the type of oars that are used, and also to the rowers themselves (e.g. a sculler, a sweep rower), who may row sweep (one oar each person) or scull (two oars each person). Sculling boats are single, double, quad. They are never raced with cox'ns (a person who steers the boat). But, sometimes in practice a quad might use a cox'n. Sweep boats are pair (without cox'n for men and women, and with cox'n only for men), four (with or without cox'n, although women in World Championships race without a cox'n.) and the eight which always has a cox'n. The boat number refers to the number or people rowing or sculling and does not count the cox'n.

Sculls used to be made of wood. Now are primarily made of composite materials, especially carbon fiber. Major manufacturers are Concept2, of Vermont, US, Croker, of Australia. A smaller manufacturer is Dreher of NH, US.

Sculls are used in sculling shells which used to all be made of wood, most are now made of composite materials, including fiberglass, carbon fiber, kevlar. major competitive single shell builders are Empacher, Germany; Van Dusen, US; Fillippi, Italy; others are Hudson, Fluid Design. An example of a builder still using wood is Graeme King, US. Wntech and King have recently teamed up to use King's Designs with composite materials. These builders also make larger boats, doubles/pairs, fours/quads, eights, etc. Except for Van Dusen which makes just singles and doubles. This is not a complete list.

M Malton (talk) 18:30, 16 April 2013 (UTC)


 * I disagree with the above claim about misuse of the word "scull".


 * It is true that the term 'scull' can be used for sculling oars ... however, nobody says 'a double shell' or 'a quad shell', whereas the usage 'a double scull' or a single scull', etc., for boats is widespread, and therefore the usage of 'scull' for the boat seems correct/appropriate (see also the article on sculling). jw (talk) 22:07, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Improve photo(s)
In addition to the usual photos of scullers, I suggest that we should display a good photo (or photos) of sculling boat(s) in this article. jw (talk) 22:07, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Skiff
Is the word skiff not used in English language for single sculling? 2600:1700:65A4:5610:A9D2:D3E2:3AFA:C55B (talk) 04:08, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
 * no ! see Skiff Skiffing and Skiff (disambiguation) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:842D:2C00:B400:B0BA:4E67:475A:69DE (talk) 06:36, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
 * NB. In French, un esquif is a small boat so this roughly corresponds to skiff; un skiff is a single scull. 2A02:842D:2C00:B400:B0BA:4E67:475A:69DE (talk) 06:43, 5 September 2023 (UTC)