These women are teaching tourists how to row gondolas

A gondola of Row Venice, a non-profit organization of passionate women and expert "Vogatrici" (rowers) teaching gondola rowing to tourists, sails in a canal on May 16, 2019 in Venice. - Row Venice is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the traditional Venetian "cultura acquea" (aquatic culture) and at its center, the "Voga alla veneta" the Venetian style of rowing. They organize lessons for tourists all over the year for 90 minutes. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP)

“Big wave incoming, use your legs!” shouts Gabriella Lazzari, as her laughing students try out their new gondoleering skills in the sunshine of Venice’s lagoon in Italy.

Lazzari is one of some 20 women who teach tourists from around the world how to row standing up, Venetian style, in “Batela coda di gambero”, shrimp-tailed wooden boats.