Re: [bolger] jellyfish oar
In a message dated 4/28/02 6:42:20 PM Central Daylight Time,bysc@...
writes:
Fuller improves upon the sculling oar! My collection of MAIB starts with
#18, so I've never seen this before. I had no notion that Bucky had ever
turned his rather eccentric attention to watercraft propulsion.
Ciao for Niao,
Bill in MN
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writes:
> If there is any interest, I will post the articlePlease do! Apart from anything else, think of the historical record! Bucky
> to the Bolger 2 group.
>
Fuller improves upon the sculling oar! My collection of MAIB starts with
#18, so I've never seen this before. I had no notion that Bucky had ever
turned his rather eccentric attention to watercraft propulsion.
Ciao for Niao,
Bill in MN
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bysc2002 wrote:
If there is any interest, I will post the article
As both a Bucky fan and one whose main trouble with rowing is sitting 'round the wrong
way, I'm interested.
Mark
If there is any interest, I will post the article
> to the Bolger 2 group.I don't quite see how the oar will get its jet.
As both a Bucky fan and one whose main trouble with rowing is sitting 'round the wrong
way, I'm interested.
Mark
I'd love to see the article posted. Sounds like just
the thing for a sweep on my Topaz. Stand on the sheer
near the stern and push against a pivot. Kind of like
an uncoordinated man's yuloh. Just what I need.
Sam
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the thing for a sweep on my Topaz. Stand on the sheer
near the stern and push against a pivot. Kind of like
an uncoordinated man's yuloh. Just what I need.
Sam
--- bysc2002 <bysc@...> wrote:
> Not Bolger, but another "genius of design" and__________________________________________________
> related to small boats.
> In a 1990 issue of Messing about in Boats, (Volume 7
> number 19) there
> is an article on an oar designed by Buckminister
> Fuller called the
> Jellyfish Oar. It is on a pole and the working part
> collapses when
> drawn up, then fills with water like a jellyfish
> when pushed back into
> the water. Bucky claims his rowing time was cut in
> half for a four
> mile trip each day. The article does not go into
> detail of the design,
> just the concept. Does anyone have experience with
> this concept and
> how to make this oar or are any plans available?
> Certainly an
> interesting design and worthy of persuit as it
> appears one could face
> mostly forward, sit or stand to use this oar off the
> transom with an
> "eyebolt" oarlock. If there is any interest, I will
> post the article
> to the Bolger 2 group.
>
>
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Sounds like the oars they built for the ancient English submarine
that was on the Learning Channel not long ago.
Roger S
that was on the Learning Channel not long ago.
Roger S
--- In bolger@y..., "bysc2002" <bysc@i...> wrote:
> Not Bolger, but another "genius of design" and related to small
boats.
> In a 1990 issue of Messing about in Boats, (Volume 7 number 19)
there
> is an article on an oar designed by Buckminister Fuller called the
> Jellyfish Oar. It is on a pole and the working part collapses when
> drawn up, then fills with water like a jellyfish when pushed back
into
> the water. Bucky claims his rowing time was cut in half for a four
> mile trip each day. The article does not go into detail of the
design,
> just the concept. Does anyone have experience with this concept
and
> how to make this oar or are any plans available? Certainly an
> interesting design and worthy of persuit as it appears one could
face
> mostly forward, sit or stand to use this oar off the transom with
an
> "eyebolt" oarlock. If there is any interest, I will post the
article
> to the Bolger 2 group.
Not Bolger, but another "genius of design" and related to small boats.
In a 1990 issue of Messing about in Boats, (Volume 7 number 19) there
is an article on an oar designed by Buckminister Fuller called the
Jellyfish Oar. It is on a pole and the working part collapses when
drawn up, then fills with water like a jellyfish when pushed back into
the water. Bucky claims his rowing time was cut in half for a four
mile trip each day. The article does not go into detail of the design,
just the concept. Does anyone have experience with this concept and
how to make this oar or are any plans available? Certainly an
interesting design and worthy of persuit as it appears one could face
mostly forward, sit or stand to use this oar off the transom with an
"eyebolt" oarlock. If there is any interest, I will post the article
to the Bolger 2 group.
In a 1990 issue of Messing about in Boats, (Volume 7 number 19) there
is an article on an oar designed by Buckminister Fuller called the
Jellyfish Oar. It is on a pole and the working part collapses when
drawn up, then fills with water like a jellyfish when pushed back into
the water. Bucky claims his rowing time was cut in half for a four
mile trip each day. The article does not go into detail of the design,
just the concept. Does anyone have experience with this concept and
how to make this oar or are any plans available? Certainly an
interesting design and worthy of persuit as it appears one could face
mostly forward, sit or stand to use this oar off the transom with an
"eyebolt" oarlock. If there is any interest, I will post the article
to the Bolger 2 group.