Replica of a fòrcola (Venetian oarlock) which was on a “gondola da fresco” (pleasure boat) belonging to the Savoia royal family at the beginning of the 20th century. It has several pivot points for the oar to allow the gondolier to perform the various manoeuvres required to navigate in the narrow canals of Venice.
Venetian rowing is an asymmetrical rowing style with a single, hydrodynamic oar, developed because of the narrow Venetian canals: the rower needs a st ...
