Why do you come here?

[kazoolaw]

You seem as well to be a stranger to boats. There is a helmsrat and a steering oar.

Fairly said.

[Chip]

There are situations in which one rows facing forward. Navigating a narrow channel in slack water or on a rising tide, it helps to see where you're going.

Another instance is on rivers, where you steer the boat by rowing against the current.

[Chuck Naill]

There are situations in which one rows facing forward. Navigating a narrow channel in slack water or on a rising tide, it helps to see where you're going.

Another instance is on rivers, where you steer the boat by rowing against the current.

Aka, ferrying.

[Niner]

There's this POS.

RB-15.jpg

[Chip]

Is that a still from a movie, or a real-life thing?

Boats are terribly overloaded. Inflatables are pretty vulnerable to gunfire. One hit: POOF!

At least the grunts are wearing PFDs.

[Niner]

Is that a still from a movie, or a real-life thing?

Boats are terribly overloaded. Inflatables are pretty vulnerable to gunfire. One hit: POOF!

At least the grunts are wearing PFDs.

That's a real McCoy, a photo taken of a training exercise. It's the RB-15 Rubber Raft (or Rubber Boat, depending upon the source). It is possible to mount motors on them.

I'm not in that photo, but I have had the pleasure of helping to operate such craft. I have information that PFDs have not always been used.