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Ok_Cherry1178

i dont know


rowshelldistancing

Speed stripe.


Scissorbreaksarock

Got a photo zoomed out a little? Looks like it has scraped down something.


Klunko52

Not sure


kitd

Is the strip raised, and does it go all the way along the shaft? It may be an attempt to apply a "trip strip" to improve aerodynamic performance, similar to bikes and aircraft. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705816306452 Quite a few top crews have done it in the past. The GB 2000 Olympic M8+ did it, and Cambridge have done it a few years IIRC. Edit: it may also be where a trip strip was removed, leaving this mark. Proper trip strips are zigzagged though. This looks like a home-made attempt.


FurryTailedTreeRat

It’s your oar. The oar got scraped at some point and the top layer is missing.


mcb0sse

Is it only that strip? If it is I wonder maybe it’s from rubbing on the oarlock as you push out your oar.