When you row a boat on the pound ,why does the boat go forward when you are pulling the oars back toward you?

Question

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Answer 1

Because by pulling the oars toward you, you are creating an energy that propels the boat forward.

Answer 2

If you are facing the pointy end of the boat the boat will go backward but if you are facing the blunt end the boat will go forward.

It's all a question of the fulcrum and leverage. If you use the wide end of the oars for your grip, the narrow end is in the water and the boat will go somewhat more slowly. If, on the other hand, (which is the other hand?), the wide flat ends are in the water you can go more rapidly but it does put far more strain on the rower.

I do not know what happens if you simply push down on the oars. Perhaps the boat will levitate.

If I may be so bold as to make a suggestion, you can get a small  electric trolling motor for less than $100 and you will not have to worry about the oars at all.

The question then becomes, if you put the motor at the blunt end of the boat and put the motor in reverse, in which direction does the boat go and do you care?

Answer 3

"Every action has an equal but opposite reaction". You're pushing backwards on the water so the water pushes forwards on you - thus you move forward.

Answer 4

While you are pulling the oars "back toward you" the part of the oars that are in the water (the blades) are pushing water from the front of the boat toward the back of the boat.

Think of the oars as levers with the oar locks being the fulcrum.

A lever moves an object in the opposite direction of the force being applied.

The levers move the water.

The equal and opposite reaction to moving  the water is moving the boat.

Answer 5

when u walk you step forward but he ground's left behind that's what action and reaction is according to newtons third law of motion "action and reaction are equal in magnitude but opposite in directio" . you pull the oars backward this is your action the boat moves forward its the reacton. it's natural law. when u walk and move your right foot one step yor left hand moves forward this is how action and reaction works.