[Rhodes22-list] Sculling Practice

Fri Jan 23 14:21:54 EST 2004

When I had a demo sail with Stan out of Babylon NY, Stan sculled the boat out to open water from his home, where we raised sail.  He didn't have a motor on the boat, so sculling way his major means of locomotion into and out of the lagoon to his dock.

When I bought Circe, I didn't bother with a motor either for the first two years.  But a couple of bouts with strong headwinds, turned the tide for me and I bought a OMC sailmaster 9.9.  OMC had a reputation for making sea water motors as opposed to the Mercury's of the time which were fresh water motors.  I do not know if that is still true.

Tom Kosiba 
SV Circe
> 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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