The Oxford Wherry looks like the Wayland boats in that it has higher sheer than the CLC ones but looks like them -- it would be an interesting to...
Oh --and one more -- the Angus Rowboats Expedition model -- or one of their others. They do plans, and they are built of plywood.
If you've fished from a kayak, then pretty much all of these will be at least as high or higher. In the U.S. "open water" is a vague term that...
I'd say the CLC Expedition Wherry is a little too low and small for what you are describing. The CLC wherries tend to have low freeboard and are...
Blackburn Challenge 2016 This thread has been pretty quiet so I thought I'd update it a bit. The BC was rowed last Saturday in fairly calm...
There are some asymmetries -- the boat is hand-built, using wood strips like a canoe, sandwiched in fiberglass. But they are quite minor (at...
Moving the riggers is unfortunately not possible without building new supports -- so that has to wait until the off-season. To split the...
I'm not certain this is the right forum but I have a rigging puzzle I need solved-- I've got a finished hand-built recreational double with...
Great link, Flo-Mo! The guy around the 3:46 mark in the video won the sliding seat racing category. He's in a Van Dusen Mohican kayak modified...
There are a lot of interesting papers at biorow. You have to hunt around but this one may help:...
Wow, great drawing Flo-Mo! What is the effect of a higher or lower CP? The Firefly Double I have is stretched, in my case, to 23 feet 4"...
NoEyeDeer- I see the "faster" sentence is unclear -- I meant faster than the Firefly currently goes, not faster than the Savo. I just finished...
Yes the Savo is speedy. Interestingly, the waterline beam on the Savo 650 Double is about an inch more than the Firefly's, and the waterline...
I'm impressed by Ben's speedy craft. He avoided issues inherent in this design which I only belatedly tried to modify. I row in a marina, in...
Thanks for the details! Please excuse the additional questions. Did you design this seat of the pants, or with software? Also, it doesn't look...
I agree that rounding the bottom transition to the upsweep will help. Your ideal option would be to go with a clamp-on version of the front, in...
Yes, please post pics, specs and build details! Design seems to have some of the Euro coastal rowing/racing shape -- is that right? How does it...
Just spitballing... For a sliding seat boat, the usual spread is what, 60"? So if Drake is about 48" wide, then those are relatively small...
Looks fast! Are those the Finnish style seat rails for a single or double rowing set-up? Interesting idea to make them one piece -- my only...
Sweet looking boat, Jon! I'm building a longer version of something a bit similar and had some (actually a lot of) questions. Is it stitch and...