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On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:16:05 -0800, Jessica B
wrote: On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:09:24 +0700, Bruce wrote: On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:01:49 -0800, Jessica B wrote: 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 news:nbm2k6pn6j6ktvnj0fbr0rcld6g9sclibf@4ax .com... 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" Yes, you can go to the web and get fallacious answer or you could do a bit more study and come up with something like http://www.woodenboat.net.nz/Boats/Oarchoice.html to see what people who actually row boats think about generalizations regarding oar length. I might add that people who are serious about paddling canoes take as much care in choosing their paddles as an oarsman takes in choosing his oars. The difference is between the week-end dilettante and the individual that actually rows a boat. Cheers, Bruce Well, it seems like the guy who wrote this is talking about a different sort of rowing. There are sculling rowers out there who have oars that are very, very long. So what? Are you planning on towing one of those? I don't know who you're calling a dilettante, but if you're talking about Wil, I think he's being pretty logical about it. If you're talking about me, I've never made any claim to know much about boats (or rowing for that matter). I do know about logical thought, and he seems to be thinking it. Firstly, the article I provided the link for was by a bloke in N.Z. who is building a rowing boat, not a racing shell... Quite a difference. The point was to demonstrate that oars are a bit more complex then just a "they gotta fit in the boat" specification. I wasn't specifically referring to anyone when I used the words "weekend dilettante". I was simply referring to those who spend their time (on Sunday) sailing in the bay, and have all the toys. Cheers, Bruce |