watermanship
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Origin of watermanship
Example Sentences
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So the people of the Aire valley crossed it with the Otter Hound, making it keen-scented and giving it better watermanship.
From Time Magazine Archive
It would simply come down to watermanship, and guts.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Their crews showed a degree of watermanship which in those days University oarsmen despaired of attaining to.
From Rowing by Rudolf Chambers Lehmann
Much as watermanship is needed in a four, it is still more important to possess it when rowing in a pair.
From Boating by W. B. Woodgate
What passes for good watermanship in an Eight is mere clumsiness in a sculling-boat, and, as a matter of fact, there are far fewer really good watermen than the casual observer imagines.
From Rowing by Rudolf Chambers Lehmann
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