Row-tow tenders for small boats
The New Photo in the AS series album, "Blue AS19", brings to mind
something I've been wondering about - a rowing boat/tender to tow
this or a similar sized boat. Using a single long oar on the larger
boat with the rudder offset slightly to that side may do, but then
where to store the big oar? Also, a tender may be handy in other
ways.
What are suitable designs for the AS19, or for my Micro for that
matter? Tortoise might do, and may just fit aboard behind the AS19
main mast.
Is the difference in WLL an issue for a yawl ( = tow?) boat? I think
that the JUNE BUG WLL would be closer, if that matters for row-tow
efficiency in boats this size. JB would have to be towed behind at
all other times, how dry would TORTOISE tow along behind?
Are there better matches? When row-towing some distance, and wanting
the exercise, is it about finding a sweet spot between the
wavemaking resistance of a short tender and the wetted surface of
the larger boat? I guesss in any LIGHT DORY type the wave making
wouldn't become a limiting factor. OTH it couldn't be brought
aboard, yet I guess it could still be transported on the cartop?
http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/photos/browse/2db7or
http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/photos/view/2db7?b=1
Why a tender for this shallow boat, you ask? Well, for one, there
could be times when you don't want to be high and dry till the next
tide, and so anchor further out, or the shore may be too rough and
rocky. Don't feed the crocs or bull shark wildlife then becomes
another, though the crocs can just pluck you out of these boats -
and there's stingers, stingrays and stone fish in the shallows also
etc..
[I think the original BEACH CAT could use a tender too, and I see
that John Tuma towed a tortoise behind. The keel on BEACH CAT, and
the weight, mean it is not really in accord with the attributes of a
beachcruiser - in MAIB Vol8 #18, appended to an article on cartopper
20foot WISP #411 (and ZEPHYR), PB&F went into good "beachcruising"
design in some detail.]
Graeme
something I've been wondering about - a rowing boat/tender to tow
this or a similar sized boat. Using a single long oar on the larger
boat with the rudder offset slightly to that side may do, but then
where to store the big oar? Also, a tender may be handy in other
ways.
What are suitable designs for the AS19, or for my Micro for that
matter? Tortoise might do, and may just fit aboard behind the AS19
main mast.
Is the difference in WLL an issue for a yawl ( = tow?) boat? I think
that the JUNE BUG WLL would be closer, if that matters for row-tow
efficiency in boats this size. JB would have to be towed behind at
all other times, how dry would TORTOISE tow along behind?
Are there better matches? When row-towing some distance, and wanting
the exercise, is it about finding a sweet spot between the
wavemaking resistance of a short tender and the wetted surface of
the larger boat? I guesss in any LIGHT DORY type the wave making
wouldn't become a limiting factor. OTH it couldn't be brought
aboard, yet I guess it could still be transported on the cartop?
http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/photos/browse/2db7or
http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/photos/view/2db7?b=1
Why a tender for this shallow boat, you ask? Well, for one, there
could be times when you don't want to be high and dry till the next
tide, and so anchor further out, or the shore may be too rough and
rocky. Don't feed the crocs or bull shark wildlife then becomes
another, though the crocs can just pluck you out of these boats -
and there's stingers, stingrays and stone fish in the shallows also
etc..
[I think the original BEACH CAT could use a tender too, and I see
that John Tuma towed a tortoise behind. The keel on BEACH CAT, and
the weight, mean it is not really in accord with the attributes of a
beachcruiser - in MAIB Vol8 #18, appended to an article on cartopper
20foot WISP #411 (and ZEPHYR), PB&F went into good "beachcruising"
design in some detail.]
Graeme