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Launching a Two-paw-9
I finally launched my 2-Paw-9 nesting dinghy. Nested her and put her
in back of my truck and took her down to Carabelle (NW Florida) to see how well she would go on the foredeck of my 28' S2. First put her in the water apart. I got in back half and easily assembled her in the water. I had the foresight to bring a large C clamp to hold the two halves together while I inserted the bolts. Took in some water through the bolt holes while I did this but wasnt a problem (water is warm). Rowed her around the river front and found she rows and tracks well. My old 6' oars seemed a tad short so I will probably get some 7' oars. Decided to hoist her up to the fordeck of the big boat intact. Slacked the lifeline and hooked the jib halyard to her to use the winch to lift as I did with my old Nautilus 8. On a whim, I just gave her a tug and Voila!, she was on deck with me standing there looking surprised. No need to use the halyard. Being MUCH lighter than the Nautilus makes her easy to move around. Easily took her apart even on the very crowded foredeck space. Nested her and found she fits in surprisingly little space over my foredeck hatch. I then carried her back up the dock to my truck so I can paint her. The front half is very light and easy to carry. The back half I found was easy to carry by running a slack rope through the oar lock holders that went over my shoulder. As you can tell, I am very pleased. I have one minor change I will make. The bolts that hold the two halves together are sort of a pain even though I used wing nuts instead of regular nuts. I am looking for some sort of fastener that will go through the holes where I slip the nut side piece on and lock it down with a sort of cam action. Such a thing ought to be easy to make in our shop but I'd rather buy it off the shelf if anybody has any ideas. I do need some advice on oarlocks. Which do people prefer, the closed ring types, the open U or the ring with a pin through the oar or the type that clamps around the oar with a bolt? Secondly, I will probably put some sort of rubber washer around the bolt holes BETWEEN the nesting bulkheads (ie, the bulkhead separating the front and back halves. This will allow less water to enter while I am getting the bolts in. I am fairly happy with the 2-Paw-9. |
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To cam the halves together, is there something you could build using (half
of) the sash locks made for double-hung windows? I've had to replace a couple of mine, and the good-quality replacement units are brass and fairly well made. You'd have to make a pin that "lives" in the stern half, comes through the bulkhead hole into the bow half when the boat is assembled, and has a groove that the lock turns into. You can see this very common hardware store item he http://www.rejuvenation.com/typepage...rts_group.html or http://www.rejuvenation.com/fixbshow...21e16ec28c 91 wrote in message ups.com... I finally launched my 2-Paw-9 nesting dinghy. Nested her and put her in back of my truck and took her down to Carabelle (NW Florida) to see how well she would go on the foredeck of my 28' S2. First put her in the water apart. I got in back half and easily assembled her in the water. I had the foresight to bring a large C clamp to hold the two halves together while I inserted the bolts. Took in some water through the bolt holes while I did this but wasnt a problem (water is warm). Rowed her around the river front and found she rows and tracks well. My old 6' oars seemed a tad short so I will probably get some 7' oars. Decided to hoist her up to the fordeck of the big boat intact. Slacked the lifeline and hooked the jib halyard to her to use the winch to lift as I did with my old Nautilus 8. On a whim, I just gave her a tug and Voila!, she was on deck with me standing there looking surprised. No need to use the halyard. Being MUCH lighter than the Nautilus makes her easy to move around. Easily took her apart even on the very crowded foredeck space. Nested her and found she fits in surprisingly little space over my foredeck hatch. I then carried her back up the dock to my truck so I can paint her. The front half is very light and easy to carry. The back half I found was easy to carry by running a slack rope through the oar lock holders that went over my shoulder. As you can tell, I am very pleased. I have one minor change I will make. The bolts that hold the two halves together are sort of a pain even though I used wing nuts instead of regular nuts. I am looking for some sort of fastener that will go through the holes where I slip the nut side piece on and lock it down with a sort of cam action. Such a thing ought to be easy to make in our shop but I'd rather buy it off the shelf if anybody has any ideas. I do need some advice on oarlocks. Which do people prefer, the closed ring types, the open U or the ring with a pin through the oar or the type that clamps around the oar with a bolt? Secondly, I will probably put some sort of rubber washer around the bolt holes BETWEEN the nesting bulkheads (ie, the bulkhead separating the front and back halves. This will allow less water to enter while I am getting the bolts in. I am fairly happy with the 2-Paw-9. |
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Hmmm, the sash lock concept has some promise.
Wayne, thanks for the oar lock info. I had not even considered feathering. |
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) writes: Wayne, thanks for the oar lock info. I had not even considered feathering. It's also better because at the end of the stroke you can rotate the shaft to pull the blades out of the water at an angle. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-FreeNet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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