M_Boats: Re:Just toss it overboard!

[Paul Bailey]

Well, yes, I have rowed an M-15.  Forget how long the oars are; they do 
fit in the cabin, just barely. First owner put oarlock receivers on the 
comings and made a fold up step/seat across the companion way, where one 
sits to row, usually facing backwards, but it works to stand and face 
forward.  For sitting, a couple seat cushions make the height about 
right. Oh, yeah, the mainsheet control has been moved to the stern, a 
bulls eye/cam cleat on a sort of 'bridge deck' under the tiller. Topping 
lift holds boom up, out of the way.

Rows well enough it's actually a pleasure, though not very fast....but 
some quiet autumn evenings I've rowed a couple or three miles 'home' 
rather than start the o.b. and spoil the silence.   Couldn't make much 
headway against a strong tide, to be realistic.

Life is much nicer without an outboard, if you can afford the time.

Electric trolling motor  (only 27 lb. thrust, don't know about more 
powerful ones)  isn't very fast, but sure is easier on the nerves than  
a gas o.b.

So,  oars are far more aesthetic, and ultimately reliable. But in some 
circumstances, you just have to consider an outboard a
safety factor and a practical necessity. The electric trolling motor 
fits in somewhere between.

-Paul,  M-15 Sassea

On Tuesday, October 28, 2003, at 08:44 AM, montgomery_boats-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks, Doug. I am curious to hear how the sculling
works. So...NO ONE has rowed an M-15? -Rusty


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