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[q] scaling down a whaleboat
On 11 Mar 2004 22:57:50 GMT, ospam (Stephen Baker)
wrote:
Roberto says:
snip whaleboat scaling question
Would it not be simpler to find plans for a peapod?
;-)
Steve
Depends on the peapod 
The local boat club out by my mothers place races whaleboats... But I
don't think these are the same 5 rowers with two of the oars
longer than the other three, a cox at the rear. they used to be used
on the harbours and rivers in the 1800's to keep the crews fit during
the off season by races, beam is about 3 foot at the max, and are
quite long things.
Kawhia's whaleboat regatta
(New Zealand Herald, 20.12.2002)
Hard-working marine antiques hit the water at Kawhia on New Year's Day
for the annual racing whaleboats regatta, held since 1910.
The whaleboats date back to racing in Auckland in the 1880s, and four
boats from that era still race in Kawhia alongside replicas of the
five-oared craft.
Nine races are held on the day, beginning at 10am, with plenty of
carnival-style activities on land near the Kawhia Wharf.
A similar race with the whaleboats runs on December 28 from 1.30pm, at
Te Waitere, on the Waitomo side of the harbour.
Contact: regatta secretary Sandra Drummond
(07) 8710822
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