.......so........ how do you back up?? Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 11:01 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: What do you think of Dovekies?
> Hi Rick, > > Yesterday I did some homework on "Yuloh" > > If you go to Google and enter "Yuloh" you will find 25 pages of yuloh > information: > > - History > > - Use: The Chinese have used yulohs for centuries to move heavy vessels > > - Construction > > - Problems with use > > One man shows how he built a yuloh and is moving his shanty dock with it. > > Another is using a yuloh as propulsion on a 5 ton 32 foot long > Herreshoff sloop > > Look for the > "bbs.trailersailors.com/forums/potter/index.cgl/noframes/read/75464" > where George Salley has photos of a yuloh he built and it's installation. > > The advantage of the yuloh over oars is that with the oars only half of > the stroke is expending useful energy to move the boat; the return > stroke is work but doesn't move the boat. With the yuloh, on the other > hand, each stroke is useful work to move the boat forward - there is no > waste motion. > > Have fun thinking about your new yuloh project. > > Connie > > Rick Langer wrote: >> Connie, >> >> Like we always discuss, all boats are a compromise, but there's always >> that >> urge in me to find perfection. The Dovekie has some unique features that >> seem to make it a fine camp cruiser when conditions are ideal, but it >> seems >> to be lacking when facing contingency situations. >> >> Connie said, >> "Admittedly, accommodations are tight; but in all other aspects it has >> what is needed in any ship: good storage for sails; anchors; fenders; >> and all the gear that accumulates as you travel; the Bimini; swim >> ladder; outboard fuel; cleaning equipment and supplies; it sails >> beautifully, is seaworthy, and is trailerable behind a small car. You >> can't ask for more in 15 feet length." >> >> You're so right about the virtues of this little ship. I'm reminded of >> the >> time you introduced me to the M15 and convinced me it was the boat for >> me, >> when I thought I wanted an M17. I'm sure I would have happy with a 17 >> "for >> awhile", but the extra effort required to rig, launch, retrieve and pack >> up >> just doesn't seem to be offset by additional advantages. >> >> BTW, I didn't get the url for the website you mentioned in your last >> post. >> I'm interested in sculling, but I'm a bit skeptical as to moving the fat >> little M15 with a yuloh. I made a pair of ten foot oars for my boat. >> They >> marginally work and storage is difficult. >> >> Yours for a fair tide, >> >> Rick >> >> >>> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:52:38 -0400 >>> From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: Re: M_Boats: What do you think of Dovekies? >>> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats >>> <[email protected]> >>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >>> >>> Hi Rick, >>> >>> Here is an interesting website I found about a Frenchman who has >>> developed another version of a yuloh. >>> >>> Since it seems to be a take-apart yuloh, I think it would be ideal for >>> an M15. >>> >>> See the attached website: >>> >>> skip to main | skip to sidebar >>> ROWING FOR PLEASURE >>> >>> Thursday, 10 July 2008 >>> A new design of sculling oar >>> Here's an interesting sculling oar, developed by Guy Capra in Toulon. >>> His blog is in French, so I have probably got this wrong, but Guy points >>> out that sculling over the transom is a difficult skill to learn because >>> it involves a counter-intuitive figure-of-eight movement of the handle. >>> His design, dubbed godyoto (godille is French for stern oar), has a >>> crank in it that forces the blade to turn in the right direction when >>> you pull the handle. Traditional Chinese yulohs are bent, like the >>> godyoto, but don't have the crank. The pictures make it clearer. And the >>> video makes it clear it works. >>> >>> 20080424 1er essai GODYOTO >>> by Alomphega >>> >>> I tried over-the-stern sculling in Nessy a couple of weeks back, using a >>> long oar I bought off eBay, and made little headway though I did manage >>> to go forwards rather than in circles. If the godyoto really does work >>> it would be brilliant for sculling round harbours. >>> As a bonus, the crank splits the oar in half for easy stowing in the >>> boat when not in use. >>> (Thanks to Duckworks for the heads-up) >>> Posted by Chris at 09:02 >>> 0 comments: >>> >>> Connie >>> >>> >>> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Rick, >>>> >>>> Those are always the problems to consider..... >>>> >>>> Our Bolger MICRO was ideal, and was an excellent sailer, but..... >>>> stepping a 20 foot free standing mast became too much. >>>> Phil Bolger recognized the problem and made a newer version with the >>>> mast in a tabernacle, where it could be easily raised. >>>> >>>> However, by then I was into the ComPac 16 - easy mast stepping, but >>>> that >>>> was about it. >>>> >>>> Having learned of the ComPac problems, I went looking for a "real" >>>> ship, >>>> and found it in the M15. >>>> >>>> Admittedly, accommodations are tight; but in all other aspects it has >>>> what is needed in any ship: good storage for sails; anchors; fenders; >>>> and all the gear that accumulates as you travel; the Bimini; swim >>>> ladder; outboard fuel; cleaning equipment and supplies; it sails >>>> beautifully, is seaworthy, and is trailerable behind a small car. You >>>> can't ask for more in 15 feet length. >>>> >>>> When we sold LEPPO, I was building a yuloh so that I could scull the >>>> M15, if need be. Why row facing backwards, when you can scull facing >>>> forward....? >>>> >>>> Connie >>>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
