[bolger] Re: oars for Micro
BO>I was asking myself how would work an ash oar instead (or in adition to) a
BO>motor.
BO> Francisco
Roger Keyes' "Paloma Blanca" uses oars (sweeps), no provision for motor
at all. Normally sculls with one sweep + rudder.
The absence of motor ownership also means that the boat doesn't have to
be registered, insurance is a squib, Micro can be legitimately berthed
anywhere, it escapes the increasing levies aimed at boats, of some
hundreds a year now (no new taxes, we now have "levies"instead), it
simplifies life on board dramatically, etc etc
Tim & Flying Tadpole
BO>motor.
BO> Francisco
Roger Keyes' "Paloma Blanca" uses oars (sweeps), no provision for motor
at all. Normally sculls with one sweep + rudder.
The absence of motor ownership also means that the boat doesn't have to
be registered, insurance is a squib, Micro can be legitimately berthed
anywhere, it escapes the increasing levies aimed at boats, of some
hundreds a year now (no new taxes, we now have "levies"instead), it
simplifies life on board dramatically, etc etc
Tim & Flying Tadpole
Don't worry about metric parts for a Seagull, those dinosaurs probably use
Whitworth fasteners! :o) (I'm a British bike and car nut from way-back, and
would probably love a Seagull)
Whitworth fasteners! :o) (I'm a British bike and car nut from way-back, and
would probably love a Seagull)
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:15:57 -0800, David Jost wrote:
> ...
> The seagull would be great if it worked. Having owned an English
> boat, I don't want to have any part of looking for metric parts here in
> the colonies.
> ...
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Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. <Groucho Marx>
Ok, i guess I opened a can of worms on this one... A long sculling
oar may work, but one would have to pick the tide and wind carefully.
There is a lot of keel/mast/windage to move the boat against. You
cannot lower the masts and then row and the oars need to be stowed
somewhere. They would be quite long.
The seagull would be great if it worked. Having owned an English
boat, I don't want to have any part of looking for metric parts here in
the colonies.
I think the best solution is to reprop my 9.9 and run it at slow revs.
Bolstering up the framing on the transom should be no problem.
tjfatche-@...wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=3293
oar may work, but one would have to pick the tide and wind carefully.
There is a lot of keel/mast/windage to move the boat against. You
cannot lower the masts and then row and the oars need to be stowed
somewhere. They would be quite long.
The seagull would be great if it worked. Having owned an English
boat, I don't want to have any part of looking for metric parts here in
the colonies.
I think the best solution is to reprop my 9.9 and run it at slow revs.
Bolstering up the framing on the transom should be no problem.
tjfatche-@...wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=3293
>adition to) a
> BO>I was asking myself how would work an ash oar instead (or in
> BO>motor.motor
> BO> Francisco
>
> Roger Keyes' "Paloma Blanca" uses oars (sweeps), no provision for
> at all. Normally sculls with one sweep + rudder.to
>
> The absence of motor ownership also means that the boat doesn't have
> be registered, insurance is a squib, Micro can be legitimately berthed
> anywhere, it escapes the increasing levies aimed at boats, of some
> hundreds a year now (no new taxes, we now have "levies"instead), it
> simplifies life on board dramatically, etc etc
>
> Tim & Flying Tadpole
>
>