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    Bailing I had the same thought the other day about bailing, great minds think alike. I've started up on my dory again,building is the easy part,...
    Post by: Uncle Boats, Feb 3, 2012 in forum: Boat Design
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    oars How thick of slats did you use on your oar shafts.
    Post by: Uncle Boats, Jul 31, 2011 in forum: Boat Design
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    oars Thanks for the comeback, according to the formula your boat needs 8'4" or so oars. I kind of figured that the formula was just a starting...
    Post by: Uncle Boats, Jul 28, 2011 in forum: Boat Design
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    oar length I'm trying to figure out what I want to use for oar length, I am making some hollow oars with the birdsmouth joint out of yew wood...
    Post by: Uncle Boats, Jul 26, 2011 in forum: Boat Design
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    Need some help, I just finished epoxy taping the chines and am about to glass the entire bottom of my stretched dory and I want to know if the...
    Post by: Uncle Boats, Jul 22, 2011 in forum: Boat Design
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    Races The races were on the Siuslaw river in Oregon starting in about 1976, and after further thinking with my fuzzy brain, I'm not sure how many...
    Post by: Uncle Boats, Feb 9, 2011 in forum: Boat Design
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    oarlock correction year six we broke the oarlock
    Post by: Uncle Boats, Feb 1, 2011 in forum: Boat Design
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    Fast? Rowboat Thirty five years ago, a friend asked me to row with him in a first ever local race, having rowed quite a bit in my double ender as...
    Post by: Uncle Boats, Feb 1, 2011 in forum: Boat Design
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    designing a fast rowboat

    That is the direction I have been leaning towards, I have a set of plans for the Glen-L sliding seat and I am kind of modeling the riggers after...
    Post by: Uncle Boats, Jan 10, 2011 in forum: Boat Design
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    designing a fast rowboat

    I am already intending to stretch the rowing beam at the widest point, so would like to do the same with all. The widest beam is now 48" and I am...
    Post by: Uncle Boats, Jan 10, 2011 in forum: Boat Design
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    oars Thanks for all the info. I have four rowing positions so I am devising a way to have all the same beam width, something like a homebuilt...
    Post by: Uncle Boats, Jan 10, 2011 in forum: Boat Design
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    Thanks for the reply, this is as far as I've got, but summer's a long way off
    Post by: Uncle Boats, Jan 3, 2011 in forum: Boat Design
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    designing a fast rowboat

    Hi, I'm new here and am excited to find this forum. I'm building a Bolger stretched dory and I would like some help picking the right length of...
    Post by: Uncle Boats, Jan 2, 2011 in forum: Boat Design