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
If a storm comes before he gets to the shore, his watermanship is severely tested.
From Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North by Fullerton Waldo
It means that a higher standard of watermanship has to be attained, in order to do justice to the style of craft rowed in, according as the ship carries more or fewer performers.
From Boating by W. B. Woodgate
In the first place, it would seem to him better to try to raise the standard of watermanship to the system than to lower the system to meet the requirements of inferior skill.
From Boating by W. B. Woodgate
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