What are the commands to make a turn to the right?

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What are the commands to make a turn to the right?

To turn to the right on an oar-powered craft, you control the turning moment by how you manage the oars on each side. Start by holding water on the starboard side, which stabilizes the boat and keeps that side ready to push powerfully. Then you signal that you’re ready to release the oar on the port side. Finally, you give way on the port side, letting that oar move through the water. Releasing the port oar reduces resistance on that side while the starboard side remains engaged, causing the stern to swing and the bow to go toward the right. This sequence creates the turning moment needed to steer to starboard. The other options don’t produce a turn to the right: backing or releasing on the wrong side won’t create the same turning moment, and tossing the oars would stop steering altogether.

To turn to the right on an oar-powered craft, you control the turning moment by how you manage the oars on each side. Start by holding water on the starboard side, which stabilizes the boat and keeps that side ready to push powerfully. Then you signal that you’re ready to release the oar on the port side. Finally, you give way on the port side, letting that oar move through the water. Releasing the port oar reduces resistance on that side while the starboard side remains engaged, causing the stern to swing and the bow to go toward the right. This sequence creates the turning moment needed to steer to starboard.

The other options don’t produce a turn to the right: backing or releasing on the wrong side won’t create the same turning moment, and tossing the oars would stop steering altogether.

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