One note about your bote. The transom is held in place with screw-bolts and
wingnuts. A little advise...goto Homedepot and buy a little bagful and keep
in the bottom of the boat. More than once I've noticed water in the bote
and found one missing...below the waterline. You must remember that I was
using mine as the 'family-car' and used it for basic family transportation
day in and day out...after the first one, I tried to remember to keep
checking...but honestly, how many of you check the tire pressure in your car
each time you run to the store for milk?

Glenn.


"Skip Gundlach" wrote in message
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Jere Lull wrote:
However, I'm happy to also send any to you directly if you need them.

Just a quick note: When you design the oarlocks, remember that they will
be next to the center fold in the boat, so can't stick out too proud.

And: Have you actually tried the boat with the original oars?

Nope, I haven't. My sculling adaptation will have the oarlocks removed
and installed each time. The bracket is 1.5" aluminum L, which is the
same dimension as the floatation, so there's no intrusion on the size
there. The original will remain in place (see discussion about fulcrum
location earlier) so I'll have the opportunity to row with them.
However, as lovely as they are, my original premise, based on
inspection, stands. At a minimum, they can't be feathered, and if I'm
rowing into a headwind, I've got great airbrakes every stroke I take.

As to folding the bote, I'd originally thought to put the head end
under the bracket, with the cap nut on top, and removing it each time,
as it would, indeed, be too high to close properly. However, thinking
about it allowed me to upend it, which will mean I only have to remove
the nylock nut underneath, keeping the oarlock and height adjusting
spacers (sculls row left over right at the center; the heights of the
oarlocks are slightly different) together.

And, I'm under intense pressure to (immediately) return to the boat, as
nothing seems to happen in the contracting arena when I'm not there;
this is disturbing from a physical therapy perspective, as I'm finally
getting close, and I think it crucial that I do that right. However, if
I wind up spending a lot of time on the boat, again, I will finish that
project and begin rowing with it in both formats, in order to report
back here and in the PB lists and SSCA forums.

I still have to figure out how to adequately secure the oars from
theft...

L8R

Skip

Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
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"Believe me, my young friend, there is *nothing*-absolutely
nothing-half so much worth doing as simply messing,
messing-about-in-boats; messing about in boats-or *with* boats.
In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter,
that's the charm of it.
Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your
destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never
get anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in
particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to
do, and you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not."