Surfboat

A surfboat is designed for the surf rowing boat, which also France and Britain is used for saving lives on the beaches of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa. The boat was designed so that it can be driven back by turbulent " Whitewater " and breaking waves back to the shore. An extensive rear and high side edges to prevent flooding or capsizing of the boat, thus Surfboats have a pointed tail. Surfboats are but partly also motorized.

Surf boat rowing as a competitive

Surf boat rowing is very popular in Australia, New Zealand and to a lesser extent used in South Africa, France and the UK. Normally, these competitions are involved in rescue sports events. Modern motor boats have been replaced surf boats as the tools for everyday use, but surfboat training and competition remain as recreational activities among professional rescuers and recreational athletes popular. The Australian form of sport attracts a wide audience mass to the beach and is often shown on television. The boat is controlled by a fifth crew member, while the other four rowing take over, called the Sweeper is in the stern and controlled by a rudder. During the competitions a buoy course must extend through the surf and be in completed. Hundreds surfboat teams take part in these competitions.

History

Until the fifties the famous Surfboats were there to supply the city of Accra in Ghana with the goods of the overlying front of the town supply ships. In Tristan da Cunha and the Pitcairn Islands, the surf boats of France known as longboats.