Glenn A. Heslop wrote:
Steeling Oars? I must say...when I've been seen rowing...for fun and
excercise in my porta-bote in a sub-tropical climate...I recall other
sailors in the anchorage remenicing back decades when they last rowed a
boat...they inquired as to if my outboard was broken. A rather strange look
appeared when I happily stated that my outboard was working fine, stored on
the aft-rail of my sailboat...I was simply rowing for the fun...for the pure
joy of rowing in the late afternoon, under the tropical sun. I think they
thought the tropical sun'd cooked my brain...maybe it has...

Glenn.
s/v Seawing

I can not remember what my Swedish step dad called them in his native
tongue. But the rough translation was "idiot sticks." The strange thing
was he did not have an out board for his skiff. Go figure. And this was
a guy who commercial fished all his life.
Personally, I think outboards are way over rated. I'm with you Glen!

Congrats on your new bote. This week I was away on vacation and was
thinking of your post. I keep thinking of my bote...I think that with some
real powerful oars you will see some serious flex in your botel. Were that
my bote, I would probably think of some retrofit oar-locks. I guess that I
row for the joy of it, not to get anywhere in a hurry. That's my $0.02
worth, feel free to ignore me...my wife does. :-)

Glenn.

P.S. Enjoy your bote.


"Dennis Pogson" wrote in message
...
Skip Gundlach wrote:
I'm taking delivery of my bote tomorrow. If I'm successful, I'll have
converted it to sculling (10' carbon fiber oars with shovel scoop
ends) sometime in the next few days (stay tuned for pictures in the
gallery). Those oars are worth half what the boat is...


How do any of you who have such an issue secure your oars from theft?

Thanks.

L8R

Skip

Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
http://tinyurl.com/384p2 The vessel as Tehamana, as we bought her

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore.
Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

You don't say whether you own a yacht. There are lots of places on a yacht
you can hide a pair of sculling oars in. We usually have more difficulty
finding ours than hiding them!

Hi, Glenn,

"Congrats on your new bote. This week I was away on vacation and was
thinking of your post. I keep thinking of my bote...I think that with
some
real powerful oars you will see some serious flex in your botel. Were
that
my bote, I would probably think of some retrofit oar-locks. I guess
that I
row for the joy of it, not to get anywhere in a hurry. That's my $0.02
worth, feel free to ignore me...my wife does. :-)

Glenn.

P.S. Enjoy your bote. "

Thanks :{)) I expect to enjoy the heck out of it, one way or another.

Seeing the other thread ought to be enough about how I'm going to
modify the Bote to use sculls. However, about flex, if properly rowed,
all the thrust should be straight forward, translating in torque to a
right angle downward forward and upward aft.

Until I do it, I won't know, of course, but I don't think I can exert
enough pressure to deform the plastic like that. Hm. Thinking about
that just gave me a clue about how to make my insertion and removal
easier, without having to deal with loose oarlock parts.

Back to the story, so to speak, though, I row for the enjoyment of it,
and for exercise, too. But, the perfectionist in me wants to see more
result for my effort - and I already owned the expensive part of the
equation :{))

L8R

Skip, back to work on the bigger boat

Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
http://tinyurl.com/384p2 The vessel as Tehamana, as we bought her

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore.
Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

Let us know how it works...might have to ask for a photo of your
modification if you find it works well.

Glenn.
s/v Seawing
www.seawing.net


"Skip Gundlach" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi, Glenn,

"Congrats on your new bote. This week I was away on vacation and was
thinking of your post. I keep thinking of my bote...I think that with
some
real powerful oars you will see some serious flex in your botel. Were
that
my bote, I would probably think of some retrofit oar-locks. I guess
that I
row for the joy of it, not to get anywhere in a hurry. That's my $0.02
worth, feel free to ignore me...my wife does. :-)

Glenn.

P.S. Enjoy your bote. "

Thanks :{)) I expect to enjoy the heck out of it, one way or another.

Seeing the other thread ought to be enough about how I'm going to
modify the Bote to use sculls. However, about flex, if properly rowed,
all the thrust should be straight forward, translating in torque to a
right angle downward forward and upward aft.

Until I do it, I won't know, of course, but I don't think I can exert
enough pressure to deform the plastic like that. Hm. Thinking about
that just gave me a clue about how to make my insertion and removal
easier, without having to deal with loose oarlock parts.

Back to the story, so to speak, though, I row for the enjoyment of it,
and for exercise, too. But, the perfectionist in me wants to see more
result for my effort - and I already owned the expensive part of the
equation :{))

L8R

Skip, back to work on the bigger boat

Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
http://tinyurl.com/384p2 The vessel as Tehamana, as we bought her

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore.
Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

In article ,
Don White wrote:

I'm thinking of a small rowing dinghy also.
How would you compare rowing a Port-a-Bote to a Walker Bay ...same length?

I'd rather row the PortaBote.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

Never been in a Walker-Bay...thought I've watched people in them. Might be
great on flat water but if not, they seem very instable to me.

Maybe others can provide more insight.

Glenn.

"Jere Lull" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Don White wrote:

I'm thinking of a small rowing dinghy also.
How would you compare rowing a Port-a-Bote to a Walker Bay ...same
length?

I'd rather row the PortaBote.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/