[Rhodes22-list] Windrose Rowboat?

[Cover-Man]

Rob,

Looks like a ton of work.  You may recall that Bill Effros explored a nice option for using the R22 as a rather nice motorized boat.  I subbed a stubby mast, added my full-length boom room and created a nice 'river boat Mary Jane.  With a stubby, the pop top is well supported.  No known options for a submarine modification.....

Art

Have a nice day!

On Oct 24, 2012, at 9:20 AM, "Lowe, Rob" <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:

> I bit of a different use for an old sailboat.  Turn them into an ocean crossing rowboat!  Anyone have an old Rhodes they want to covert?? - rob
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> Check out this Laguna Windrose Rowboat!
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> Someone decided that the well-designed and sturdy Laguna Windrose 18 sailboat would make a seaworthy and inexpensive offshore rower. Modifications to the boat included lowering the cockpit cowling and installing oarlocks, replacing the companionway (entrance) with a sealing hatch, fiberglassing all deck hatches permanently shut and reinforcing the front ventilation hatch to prevent leakage.
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> Total cost of the modifications to make the boat seaworthy and ready for rowing was just over $1000. The boat was used to cross the Bering Sea, and the vessel performed very well.
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> Ballast is in the form of a 400 lb cast-iron swing-pivot keel. Interior space is enormous compared to a conventional offshore rowboat. Storage hatches accessed inside the vessel can carry enough supplies to last a year. The pictured rowboat contains three bicycles, five months freeze-dried provisions for three people, three sets of skiing gear, winter camping gear for Siberia and a whole lot more. In total it is carrying almost two tons of cargo. It is the same length as a mid-sized sea kayak and travels at about the same speed in calm conditions fully loaded. (I found details about the passage on this website: http://www.angusadventures.com/beringstrait.html.
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