John got away with that on all three monument river boats he's raced. I raced Essex river in a boat with similar oar lock mounts and ended up in...
I know this is a very old thread, but I wanted to share my 12' foam kayak, the measurements and instructions are free on the Instructables website...
My Li-Ion cordless tool batteries monitor each cell for charging, this protects from fires and avoids most "memory" issues. Memory is caused by...
The 777 batteries were an issue from the beginning, they were being replaced well before their service cycles due to high temp warnings. The cells...
Printing is the biggest cost, print magazine's often offer digital only for about a third of the price. I have one like that, they also can put in...
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Kind of scary that there are people who believe this, of course they probably believe government can do everything else also just by passing a...
I've read that build, the builders expected the foam to have the same stiffness and puncture resistance as wood, without all that extra weight in...
and the boat that got pushed to the back of the table and forgotten , now about to be a learning exercise for my oldest child....
this one is nearly done, just down to the last details, like paint in the aft cargo hold, a handle or anchor for securing to the car for the...
my experiment in foam boat building, while is has been launched, it is not done. the cockpit floor reinforcement delaminated, and my dad put his...
those are some sweet looking boats in your blog!
longer oars, you want roughly a 2/3 rato, the length outboard of the pivot to the length of the oar. wider beam means the 1/3 inboard can be...
most races have rather relaxed rules, a fixed seat and no out riggers, being the biggest things looked for, to enter the fixed single class. some...
no the saco, I got on the turnpike at the Biddeford exit. I live a couple states away now, I hope to see you at a race in the future, (planning my...
I worked in Portland for years, many times as I crossed the river I thought" what a great place to row", hardly ever saw a boat on it though, and...
I used PL Premium to stick the decks and rails on my latest mouseboat builds, the rest of the hull has epoxy and glass on the seams. PL Premum...
yes, the M1 tank is turbine powered, it is an amazing powerful machine. it's biggest downside is that is a gas hog. Those Turbine engines suck the...
as an aircraft mechanic I can tell you one good reason not to put a turbine on a slow effect ship. Turbines burn about double the fuel a piston...
on the catamaran design ideas, a few years ago there were some pictures in MAIB (messing about in boats) of a rowing cat' that used PVC pipes as...