Editing Outrigger (section)

==Rowing==
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[[Image:Scullers_with_outriggers_1851.jpg|thumb|Early racing sculls with outriggers in 1851.]]
In a [[Watercraft rowing|rowing]] boat or [[galley]], an outrigger (or rigger) is a triangular frame that holds the [[rowlock]] (into which the [[oar]] is slotted) away from the saxboard (or gunwale in [[Cornish_pilot_gig|gig rowing]]) to optimize leverage. Wooden outriggers appear on the new [[trireme]] around the 7th or 6th centuries BC and later on Italian galleys [[Galley#Middle_Ages_2|around AD 1300]], while [[Harry Clasper]] (1812–1870), a [[United Kingdom|British]] professional rower, popularised the use of the modern tubular-metal version and the top rowing events accepted the physiological and ergonomic advantages so acceded to its use in competitions.  In recent decades, some manufacturers of [[racing shells]] have developed '''wing-riggers''' which are reinforced arcs or flattened tubular projections akin to aircraft wings, instead of conventional triangular structures.