Rusty, I took a 7 1/2 foot pair of aluminum oars with plastic blades and cut them up to make an 11 foot take apart sculling oar.
I have an oar lock I can clamp on to the transom until if figure out if I want to mount it permanently. Unfortunately I can't figure out how to scull. Howard A. gave me a good demo in June but I haven't tried it since then. Unfortunately my jointing mechanism is a 2 foot section of round oak from an old stair hand rail. It fit very snugly. In fact when it got moist it wouldn't come out of both sections. It still works and fits inside the cabin but is a bit awkward. If I could figure out a temporary side mount I would try using it as a single sweep oar this week end and let you know how it works. Hmmm - maybe a thole pin clamped to the edge of the hatch???? Doug "Seas the Day" --- Rusty Knorr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, all. > I am surprised not to have more response on the > auxiliary power question. I am sure there must be > someone who has forgone the evil outboard in favor > of > a more reliable option. I am not interested in > sculling simply because of oar accessibility and > storage. What about rowing with conventional oars > though? Has anyone done it with a M-15? How about an > electric trolling motor? Or does anyone have a > source > for a take-apart sculling oar? I don't have a shop > to > build one myself... > > -Rusty > > ===== > "In a power boat you may get there faster, > but in a sailboat you are already there." > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears > http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
