¨pirate¨ boat question

[PAR]

I'm not sure what you think this is Sail102, but it is a place where many of us know each other and/or have developed relationships of years of participation. Without some light hearted jabbing, a place like this would die quickly and folks like you would be in a different boat, possably literally.

[hoytedow]

It's all meant to be in good fun, Sail102.

No harm intended.

[erik818]

As children we had lots of fun rowing, but the boats we had were double-ended, lapstrake wooden boats with two pairs of oars, designed for rowing. Not PDRacers with oars. Building a traditional Swedish lapstrake boat is far more work than building a PDRacer. Nowadays there should be plans for stich-and-glue plywood boats that perform reasonably well as rowing boats and that are not too cumbersome to build.

I suggest that you find plans for a stich-and-glue plywood boat that:
- has two pairs of oars and can carry two adults
- is about 4 meters long
- is a double-ender at the waterline
- is narrow and easy to row rather than stable
Such a boat will be useful for you, your brother and his friends also when he gets older. It's still small enough for him to handle alone.
Focusing on stability is not necessary, low resistance is more important. Children will find the point where it capsizes anyway. Better to enforce the rule of using life vests.

If you are dead set on a PDR, stay with sail or possibly a small outboard. I'm sorry I can't point you at a suitable stich-and-glue design myself.

Good luck,
Erik

[messabout]

Among the numerous Phil Bolger designs, there is a boat specificly aimed at kids and pirate boats. He calls it "Pirate Racer". It is a stitch and glue skiff 14'-6" x 4'-0 with a faux clipper bow, lee boards, and a piratey looking lateen sail along with jolly roger flags and such. Rowing is permitted. Where fleets of these simple boats exist, there are pirate regattas complete with rules of competition. Refer to the Bolger book; Boats With an Open Mind. Page 94 Simple boat, easy build, fairly safe and comfortable for two kids, could be built on the cheap.

[sail102]

Originally Posted by hoytedow

It's all meant to be in good fun, Sail102.

No harm intended.

I know why do you think I put up that pic of davy jones on my other post

[hoytedow]

Originally Posted by sail102

I know why do you think I put up that pic of davy jones on my other post

Okey dokey, then.

[SheetWise]

Originally Posted by rwatson

"Olaf, when we land the boat on the beach - you are in charge of the plundering, Sven - you are assigned to pillage, Klaus - your job is ...."

"Oh no - not rape agaaaaaiiiin !!!!!"

Explain to Klaus that he can retire at 65 -- and that no good deed goes unpunished.