I see your point regarding freeboard. That guy John Letcher did a descent job with his twin keeler Aleutka. But yeah, different ballgame. We're beginning to thaw out. M17 out in the shop getting tuned up for the season. New sails. Woohoo. Grand Ronde river trip next month. Come on up. Jane sends a big smooch. t On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 9:05 AM, jerry montgomery <jerry@jerrymontgomery.org> wrote:
Hi Tom!
One of the issues with rowing is freeboard. I helped sail an old planked wooden keelboat of maybe 30' once, from Dana Pt to Newport, back in the 70's probably. It was kind of like a Dragon but wasn't. It had one long oar; the lock was on the coaming, and you rowed standing up, facing forward, with the tiller between your legs. Worked fine- good excercise for an hour or so, then I think it would get old.
I know people have done this on eith a 15 or a 17, but no personal experience. You might want to make a removable seat just the right distance forward of the tiller so you could steer with your knees.
How you guys doing? Still frozen in? I hoped you might make it Havasu last month to thaw out a bit. Give Jane my love.
jerry