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An oar has three parts,  the blade, the loom, and the handle. The blade is the part you put in the water. The handle is the part you take hold of. The loom is the round part between the blade and the handle. AN OAR HAS THREE PARTS THE BLADE THE LOOM AND THE HANDLE THE BLADE IS THE PART YOU PUT IN THE WATER THE HANDLE IS THE PART YOU TAKE HOLD OF THE LOOM IS THE ROUND PART BETWEEN THE BLADE AND THE HANDLE
 receded from the shore till the wind took her, and drove her out under the lee of Centre Island. Here he directed Tony to throw the grapnel, a small anchor with four flukes, overboard, as much to assure the impatient oarsmen that there was to be no rowing at present, as to hold the boat where she was. "Now, boys, I want you to larn somethin', so as to know where you are. Some on you better write it down; and don't forgit it." Several of them took paper and pencils from their pockets, and were ready to write down what was said. "The for'd part of the boat is the bow; also the fore-sheets," continued the old sailor. "The after part, where the coxswain sets, is the starn-sheets. The middle of the boat is the waist. Enough of that for now. Do you know what an oar is?" "Of course we do, Uncle Ben!" shouted the crew. "An oar has three parts," said the instructor. "It is all in one piece," added one of the boys. "So is your head all in one piece; but haven't you got any nose, ears, and chin. VED OFF WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT AND THE ZEPHYR RECEDED FROM THE SHORE TILL THE WIND TOOK HER AND DROVE HER OUT UNDER THE LEE OF CENTER ISLAND HERE HE DIRECTED TONY TO THROW THE GRAPNEL A SMALL ANCHOR WITH FOUR FLUKES OVERBOARD AS MUCH AS TO ENSURE THE IMPATIENT OARSMAN THAT THERE WAS TO BE NO ROWING AT PRESENT AS TO HOLD THE BOAT WHERE SHE WAS NOW BOYS I WANT YOU TO LARN SOMETHING SO AS TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE SOME ON YOU BETTER WRITE IT DOWN AND DON'T FORGET IT SEVERAL OF THEM TOOK PAPER AND PENCILS FROM THEIR POCKETS AND WERE READY TO WRITE DOWN WHAT WAS SAID THE FORWARD PART OF THE BOAT IS THE BOW ALSO THE FORE SHEETS CONTINUED THE OLD SAILOR THE AFTER PART WHERE THE COXSWAIN SETS IS THE STARN SHEETS THE MIDDLE OF THE BOAT IS THE WAIST ENOUGH OF THAT FOR NOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT AN OAR IS OF COURSE WE DO UNCLE BEN SHOUTED THE CREW AN OAR HAS THREE PARTS SAID THE INSTRUCTOR IT IS ALL IN ONE PIECE ADDED ONE OF THE BOYS SO IS YOUR HEAD ALL IN ONE PIECE BUT HAVEN'T YOU GOT ANY NOSE EARS AND CHIN
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