At this order the crew sit squarely and upright on their thwarts, with their oars horizontal and at right-angles to the fore-and-aft line of the boat and with the blades feathered, i.e., parallel with the water.
Ngalo myalelo iqela lamadoda lihlala kakuhle ehleli nkqo ezihlalweni zawo, nemi-qheba eyenziwe ngomthi ithe tye kumagophe asekunene ukuya ngaphambili nangasemva komgca wesikhitshane namazembe egqunyiwe okanye embathiswe ngamanzi oko ikukuthengelelana namanzi.