[Rhodes22-list] Sculling Practice

Fri Jan 23 08:10:07 EST 2004

Last summer on a windless day I decided to practice sculling.  I set up the rudder so it was almost horizontal, and started moving it slowly back and forth -- sort of like the gondoliers in Venice.

It worked.  I sculled for several miles until I got bored.  I could have done it all day if I ever had to.

The trick is to take short strokes back and forth so you are not constantly changing the direction the boat is pointing.  Once you get the boat moving, its not hard to keep it moving.

I put the tiller between my legs, and just rocked from side to side while standing in the cockpit with one hand on the boom when needed to help keep my balance.

Bill Effros

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Robert Quinn 
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list 
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Oars -- Was dinghy motors

Great story Ben.  Kathy and I lost the prop on our first (very used) Yamaha
9.9.  We were of course out sailing on a summer evening.  No whimper of a
breeze.  Water stark still.  Out came the canoe paddle, up came the rudder
(centerboard too), and by using the rudder as a "sculling paddle" and the
canoe oar we moved into our slip from about 1,000 yards off as if it were
the way we did it every day.

An alternate means of propulsion is always nice to have.

Bob on the "NoKaOi"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Schultz" <BenS at ApproSystems.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:14 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Oars -- Was dinghy motors

> Speaking of oars, that reminds me of a story.  I don't think I've shared
it
> with this list, but forgive me if you've heard this before.
>
> The admiral and I had a 4-5 day stretch off of work.  The plan was to sail
> from our marina, take two daysails to get to the Missippi gulf coast,
spend
> a night eating, drinking, and gambling, and then make the return sails
back.
>
> The first night, we anchored in a small, gentle river through the marsh
> where Louisiana turns into Mississippi.  It was a real nice setting.  The
> night got a little cold, but not too bad.
>
> When I went to start the motor in the morning, it cranked right up, but
> there was nothing coming out of the cooling water discharge.  Uh-oh.  A
rare
> episode of good common sense kicked in, and we turned back toward home.
>
> By mid-day, the wind had pretty much died entirely.  We sat.  Listened to
a
> football game.  Read.  Ate.  Still not moving.
>
> >From noon until dusk, we made good about 1000 yards.  This brought us to
a
> drawbridge that we had to go under.  Just after dark, we got the faintest
> wisper of a breeze, and asked the bridge operator to open up for us.
>
> Of course, that breeze died entirely as the bridge started raising.  So,
out
> came the oars, and like a complete nut, I start paddling the Rhodes 22.
Let
> me attest that this is a really, really heavy boat.
>
> I don't know how long it took me to paddle under the bridge, but it seemed
> like forever.  I rowed and rowed until I sucked wind audibly, rested for a
> few seconds, and then started up again.  It was a serious labor.
Meanwhile,
> the cars were backed up on the highway for as far as I could see.  I could
> practically hear every wife in every passenger seat saying, "See, I told
you
> we should have taken the interstate."
>
> Fast forwarding to around 4:00 am, I woke up and there was a really good
> breeze.  I hurridly pulled up the anchor (dropped when I finally gave in
and
> went to bed earlier), and started sailing.  That wind took us all the way
by
> aroudn 8:00 or 9:00 in the morning.  By then, we were completely out of
> lantern oil, battery power.  We used the last of our stove fuel on morning
> coffee.  The only energy source on the boat was the useless gasolene for
the
> engine!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: m w [mailto:weedface2 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 13:20
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] dinghy motors
>
>
> oars.  two big viking style OARS along with a request
> for saddam & one other to pull on them. wieght?? fuel:
> snickers and pepsi preferably on ice . also a transom
> spider hole; it could double as a pora potie stash.:)
> --- SVTRITON at aol.com wrote:
> > hi all
> > im looking at inflatables and motors and have a question...since ill
> > be carrying the motor a lot, weight is a big factor...i
> > want a four stroke and found
> > the two lightest are the nissan and the suzuki..both
> > the same weight...55 lbs
> > for the 6 horsepower...does anybody know how good
> > these engines are...i have a
> > yamaha 8 on my rhodes which has been bulletproof but
> > the 6 is over 75
> > lbs...comments are welcome
> > bets
> > tom
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