First time ever using a sculling oar. The blade follows a "figure 8" path while sculling. The stroke would be more powerful with the entire blade immersed.
OK. Nice white oar, now get you a marker and put a HAPPY FACE on one side in the middle of the oar, take a red marker and color one edge of the blade on the HAPPY FACE side, take a black marker and color the other edge of the blade on the HAPPY FACE side. Then KEEP THE HAPPY FACE UP looking at you. Dip the red edge down and pull to that side then dip the black edge down and pull back toward that side KEEPING the HAPPY FACE UP. This PUSHES WATER away from you. Then to PULL WATER you do the same but have the edge UP instead of down and do the same movements. Try it on a dock to start with and see how it pulls and pushes water. When you do it right the oar will pull away from you when you are pulling water, it will push against the dock when you are pushing water. It does the same with a canoe paddle. It will pull away from the boat when you pull water and push against the side when you push water. The above oar just moves water back and forth and doesn't help get you somewhere.
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Nice thing about sculling is you can also go in reverse.
OK. Nice white oar, now get you a marker and put a HAPPY FACE on one side in the middle of the oar, take a red marker and color one edge of the blade on the HAPPY FACE side, take a black marker and color the other edge of the blade on the HAPPY FACE side. Then KEEP THE HAPPY FACE UP looking at you. Dip the red edge down and pull to that side then dip the black edge down and pull back toward that side KEEPING the HAPPY FACE UP. This PUSHES WATER away from you. Then to PULL WATER you do the same but have the edge UP instead of down and do the same movements. Try it on a dock to start with and see how it pulls and pushes water. When you do it right the oar will pull away from you when you are pulling water, it will push against the dock when you are pushing water. It does the same with a canoe paddle. It will pull away from the boat when you pull water and push against the side when you push water. The above oar just moves water back and forth and doesn't help get you somewhere.