Rowing boats

alt=A black-and-white photo of what appears to be a cool, gray day. Four people, indistinct, sit in the middle of a long, thin boat, the gondola, moving to the right. High on the stern (left) stands a man with both hands on a long oar, which disappears into the water to his rear and slightly to his right. In the distant background, across the calm water, the buildings of Venice can be made out, standing in the mist.|thumb|A gondola ride The gondola (, ; , ) is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian lagoon. It is typically propelled by a

boat powered by rowing with oars

thumb|right|Fishermen in currach with outboard motor heading back to their harbour at the west coast of Ireland in 1986 thumb|right|Currach on the shore in Inishbofin, Galway thumb|A number of wooden boats in a tidal harbour near Carna, Galway A currach ( ) is a type of Irish boat with a wooden frame, over which animal skins or hides were once stretched, though now canvas is more usual. It is sometimes anglicised as "curragh".

thumb|352px|upright|A kuphar in Baghdad in 1914 A kuphar (also transliterated kufa, kuffah, quffa, quffah, etc.) is a type of coracle or round boat traditionally used on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in ancient and modern Mesopotamia. Its circular shape means that it does not sail well against the current, as it tends to spin, but makes it safe, sturdy and easy to construct. A kuphar is propelled by paddling, rowing or poling.

Viking ship built in modern times

thumb|300px|Dgħajjes in Birgu in 2013

A yole is a clinker-built boat that was used for fishing particularly in the north of Scotland. The best known of these is the Orkney Yole. They were rigged for sail or used as rowing boats. The yole is a Nordic design and closely related in shape to the Shetland Yoal and Sgoth Niseach of the Outer Hebrides. Another related craft is the Stroma Yole.

modern reconstruction of an ancient Greek rowing warship