[Rhodes22-list] Sculling oar? ?for Bob Fletcher ?for Bob Weber

[mputnam1 at aol.com]

Art,
 
I'd be happy to once I'm back in town and can get over to the boathouse where my scull is stored.  It might be a few days, but I'll do that when I can.  And since it's been a while since I took the boat out, I don't know the exact length, but scull oars are usually somewhere between 9-10 feet long if my memory serves me correctly.  I do know they're well over my head.
 
- Mark 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: czerwonky at earthlink.net
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Sent: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Sculling oar? ?for Bob Fletcher ?for Bob Weber


Mark,
Would you consider posting a picture of one of the oars?  You use more than one 
at the same time.  What is the length.
Thx,
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: mputnam1 at aol.com
>Sent: Aug 24, 2006 12:11 AM
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Sculling oar?  ?for Bob Fletcher ?for Bob Weber
>
>I own a single scull ... and oars are quite long.  I don't know where you'd 
store them on an R-22 ... unless you want to lash them to the mast.
> 
>- Mark
> 
> 
>-----Original Message-----
>From: robert at squirrelhaven.com
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Sent: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:12 PM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Sculling oar? ?for Bob Fletcher ?for Bob Weber
>
>
>Ed,
>
>I have used the skulling method with the rudder, and it is 
>in no way adequate as emergency propulsion for 1/2 mile.  
>I have also used a regular paddle on a small sailboat to 
>skull, and it was much more efficient.
>
>I'll stand by the use of a longer oar which can be knocked 
>down, requires little storage space, is light weight, 
>requires no battery, is cheap, and can be lashed to the 
>transom if pins or an oar lock are not already installed.
>
>Now that I think of it, I might make an extention piece 
>for an off-the-shelf paddle some time just for the sake of 
>the experiment.  If, as, and when the spirit strikes me, 
>I'll share the results.  
>
>Others with experience with skulling oars might chime in 
>here.
>
>/Robert Skinner
>------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Tootle wrote:
>> ...
>> Bob Skinner,
>>       The next time you sail your boat, put the bottom of the rudder at
>> about 45 degrees and try sculling.  You do not need a special oar.  You will
>> scare poor Dave off with the words of a special oar and oarlock.  The R22
>> sculls quite fine with the rudder angled a little up.  Try it.  Just
>> remember it is forward and forward turns only.  This technique does work for
>> docking.
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