Rowing Boats - one oar per rower | Name | Designation | Explanation | | Coxless-pair | 2- or 2/wo | two rowers with no coxswain | | Coxed-pair | 2+ or 2/w | two rowers with coxswain | | Coxless-four | 4-, 4/wo, or IV- | four rowers with no coxswain | | Coxed-four | 4+, 4/w, or IV+ | four rowers with coxswain | | Eight | 8, 8+ or VIII+ | eight rowers always with coxswain |
Pair 
Four (Top) 
Four (Side) 
Eight 
Sculling boats - two oars per rower | Name | Designation | Explanation | | Single-scull or single | 1x- | one person sculling (w/pair of sculls) | | Double-scull or double | 2x- | two people sculling | | Quadruple-scull or quad wo/Cox | 4x- | four people sculling | | Quadruple-scull or quad w/Cox | 4x+ | four people sculling | | Octuple-scull or octapede w/Cox | 8x+ | eight scullers (rare) |
Single 
Double 
Other designations that you may see in a schedule and combined with the above: | Designation | Explanation | | M | Masters | | NB | Novice Boys | | NG | Novice Girls | | O | Open | | VB | Varsity Boys | | VG | Varsity Girls | | | |
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