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Cannibal
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:38:40 +0700, Bruce
wrote: On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:37:26 -0800, Jessica B wrote: On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:47:36 +0700, Bruce wrote: On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:39:35 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: "Bruce" wrote in message m... snippage Given that I have lived for more than half of my life in Asia I wonder where you came up with your misconception that I ever intended to go further. You expect me to believe your goal was a Bangkok backwater? Yah, right! But of course you don't have misconceptions you simply make it up, unfortunately your blathering is simply "ignorance in action'. Wilbur: The proper length for your dinghy oars is short enough to fit inside the boat. ONE of the attributes of a proper-length dinghy oar is that it fits into the length of the dinghy. Get a clue and stop twisting my words. I hadn't believed that you were actually as stupid as you just proved yourself. I guess that proves that you should never underrate your opponents abilities. The "attribute" of an oar is that it reaches the water..... (Oars originated for, and are still used today, as a devise to propel a boat (through the water). Certainly it may have other attributes such as weight, shape of blade, material of which it is made, etc, but fitting inside the boat is not one of them. Your argument is about as logical as saying that the mast should not be longer then the length of the cockpit....because that is where you want to keep it when you aren't using the sails. Cheers, Bruce Ok... dumb question time... if the oar doesn't fit in the boat, what the heck do you do with it when you're done using it? If you just leave it hanging out, it seems to me it would get torn off or damaged. Go down to the harbor and have a look at any row boats that may be around... or visit a collage and have a look in their boat houses... Or google "correct oar length". Do you see any of them recommend that ability to store inside the boat as an important factor in sizing them. Kind of like special ordering an outboard engine with a 12 inch shaft... cause that is the size of the locker you plan to store it in. Cheers, Bruce This was the first link for dinghy oar length with a google search... http://www.answers.com/topic/dinghy-oars "the typical yacht tender of 7 to 9 feet (2.1 to 2.7 m), they should be about 6 feet (1.8 m) long" |