Seafarers splashing very giant oars (10)

I believe the answer is:

navigators

'seafarers' is the definition.
(navigator is a kind of seafarer)

'splashing very giant oars' is the wordplay.
'splashing' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'splashing of' mean this (I've seen this in other clues)).
'very' becomes 'v' (abbreviation).
'v'+'giant'+'oars'='vgiantoars'
'vgiantoars' is an anagram of 'NAVIGATORS'.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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