Re: [bolger] Chebacco_Progress__week_one
I think the argument is a lot like woodworking with
traditional tools. The old ways were sometimes
better, and often as fast, but they were also usualy
more limited (as to what one person with one set of
tools was trying to acbeive). Take for instance the
froe. It can split wood more efficiently than any
bandsaw can cut it, and it follows the grain. But it
doesn't do a good job cutting dovetails, or
gingerbread, both of which can be do to some extent
with a bandsaw also.
The old fisher person may have used their boat without
a motor, but the boat was being used in a more limited
way than some trailer sailers might, they were more
skilled, and they didn't have to fit their sailling
into a particuilar little niche of their weekend.
I have a friend who sailed all over the eastern
seaboard, and used a yulloh for his propulsion. But
he was going to be sleeping in the cabin of that boat
every night, regardless of the where he ended up.
Overall it may be more practical to choose the most
efficient motor you can, and make the least use of it
that the conditions require, though compromise isn't
as appealing a stance, or as easy to stick to as
something more heroic.
--- prthober <prthober@...> wrote:
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Sent order to H. H. Payson for Chebacco plans and
sails. Got the <BR>
plans already � sails will be done by July (not that I
will need them <BR>
any sooner.) I think I will make a model before I
start building it <BR>
as the plans are not real clear to me as far as the
structure of the <BR>
cockpit is concerned � also I am thinking of making a
few <BR>
modifications to make the boat more
cruising-friendly.<BR>
<BR>
I am very much inclined to eliminate the provision for
mounting a <BR>
motor � I am philosophically opposed to internal
combustion engines <BR>
in general and feel that people got around in boats
this size and <BR>
larger for thousands of years without help from
Messrs. Honda and <BR>
Suzuki. My thought for auxiliary power is scull or
oars. Is all this <BR>
unrealistic?<BR>
<BR>
Cheers,<BR>
<BR>
Paul<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
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traditional tools. The old ways were sometimes
better, and often as fast, but they were also usualy
more limited (as to what one person with one set of
tools was trying to acbeive). Take for instance the
froe. It can split wood more efficiently than any
bandsaw can cut it, and it follows the grain. But it
doesn't do a good job cutting dovetails, or
gingerbread, both of which can be do to some extent
with a bandsaw also.
The old fisher person may have used their boat without
a motor, but the boat was being used in a more limited
way than some trailer sailers might, they were more
skilled, and they didn't have to fit their sailling
into a particuilar little niche of their weekend.
I have a friend who sailed all over the eastern
seaboard, and used a yulloh for his propulsion. But
he was going to be sleeping in the cabin of that boat
every night, regardless of the where he ended up.
Overall it may be more practical to choose the most
efficient motor you can, and make the least use of it
that the conditions require, though compromise isn't
as appealing a stance, or as easy to stick to as
something more heroic.
--- prthober <prthober@...> wrote:
<HR>
<html><body>
<tt>
Sent order to H. H. Payson for Chebacco plans and
sails. Got the <BR>
plans already � sails will be done by July (not that I
will need them <BR>
any sooner.) I think I will make a model before I
start building it <BR>
as the plans are not real clear to me as far as the
structure of the <BR>
cockpit is concerned � also I am thinking of making a
few <BR>
modifications to make the boat more
cruising-friendly.<BR>
<BR>
I am very much inclined to eliminate the provision for
mounting a <BR>
motor � I am philosophically opposed to internal
combustion engines <BR>
in general and feel that people got around in boats
this size and <BR>
larger for thousands of years without help from
Messrs. Honda and <BR>
Suzuki. My thought for auxiliary power is scull or
oars. Is all this <BR>
unrealistic?<BR>
<BR>
Cheers,<BR>
<BR>
Paul<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
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Have you considered a yuloh? Never used one, but it's
an interesting (and very effective) idea.
http://members.tripod.com/simplicityboats/yulohpage2.html
http://members.tripod.com/simplicityboats/yulohpage.html
http://www.alaska.net/~mzeiger/MJprogress04.html
http://www.csisler.com/Cruising/Notes/ScullingOars.htm
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an interesting (and very effective) idea.
http://members.tripod.com/simplicityboats/yulohpage2.html
http://members.tripod.com/simplicityboats/yulohpage.html
http://www.alaska.net/~mzeiger/MJprogress04.html
http://www.csisler.com/Cruising/Notes/ScullingOars.htm
Good luck!
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> for mounting a
> motor � I am philosophically opposed to internal
> combustion engines
> in general and feel that people got around in boats
> this size and
> larger for thousands of years without help from
> Messrs. Honda and
> Suzuki. My thought for auxiliary power is scull or
> oars. Is all this
> unrealistic?
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Sent order to H. H. Payson for Chebacco plans and sails. Got the
plans already sails will be done by July (not that I will need them
any sooner.) I think I will make a model before I start building it
as the plans are not real clear to me as far as the structure of the
cockpit is concerned also I am thinking of making a few
modifications to make the boat more cruising-friendly.
I am very much inclined to eliminate the provision for mounting a
motor I am philosophically opposed to internal combustion engines
in general and feel that people got around in boats this size and
larger for thousands of years without help from Messrs. Honda and
Suzuki. My thought for auxiliary power is scull or oars. Is all this
unrealistic?
Cheers,
Paul
plans already sails will be done by July (not that I will need them
any sooner.) I think I will make a model before I start building it
as the plans are not real clear to me as far as the structure of the
cockpit is concerned also I am thinking of making a few
modifications to make the boat more cruising-friendly.
I am very much inclined to eliminate the provision for mounting a
motor I am philosophically opposed to internal combustion engines
in general and feel that people got around in boats this size and
larger for thousands of years without help from Messrs. Honda and
Suzuki. My thought for auxiliary power is scull or oars. Is all this
unrealistic?
Cheers,
Paul