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Thread: Coastal rowing boat
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3rd May 2010, 04:10 PM #1Novice
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Coastal rowing boat
Here is a huon pine, strip planked rowing skiff I have just finished. It is 18ft long for coastal use in NW Tas.
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3rd May 2010, 05:14 PM #2
Beautiful
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6th May 2010, 02:21 AM #3Deceased
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6th May 2010, 08:14 AM #4
I missed this one.
She's a corker alright.
Had her out in the open water yet?
Richard
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6th May 2010, 10:31 AM #5Novice
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Thanks fellas.
I've only had the one row pictured earlier. I'm a bit restricted with transport to the water
until I finish a trailer - hopefully this weekend.
Next row will be in more open water.
Regarding build photos, I've got a few roughies on my mobile phone but I don;t know how to get them from there to this forum...
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6th May 2010, 05:16 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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Drosso, can you tell us more about this design please.
Those simple and elegant outriggers are cool, and it looks like she has good buoyancy tanks with runners for a sliding seat. Good lift in the bows for rougher water.
Very nice,
Brian
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6th May 2010, 06:26 PM #7Novice
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Thanks for the interest.
I looked at lot of plans - some of which met some of my requirements. Ultimately, I decided to draw my own plan to scale on a big bit of paper. The dimensions were determined by size of garage and I knew, would provide pretty good boat run. There are some influences from surfboats too including the flap in the transom for self draining not to mention the fancy and traditional stripes on the bow and stern. The buoyancy and self-draining capabilities should enbable me to get wet without worrying about sinking. The lower sheer line running right back to the stern is to reduce impact of cross-winds.
Interior is uncluttered for safety and appearance. It is capable for two person rowing as well. I copied a friend's racing oars out of King Billy Pine (Tasmanian native softwood) which also gave the clues for the rigging which I laminated and steamed in a quilt-covered frying pan!
The whole project was an exercise in improvisation.
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7th May 2010, 07:18 PM #8Member
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Hi Drosso
That is a very nice looking boat. The contrasting stripes as well as the nice lines.
I like the longwise bouyancy and self draining too.
Tom
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25th February 2016, 03:28 PM #9New Member
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26th February 2016, 12:58 PM #10
Robertyk, this is a very old thread and the original poster has not posted since 2010 so you are unlikely to get a reply to your question. In one of the posts above he does say he drew up his own plan. If you have a look around the net and ask some questions here you may be able to find plans for something similar.
Anyway, welcome to the forum.Cheers, Bob the labrat
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27th February 2016, 02:22 PM #11Senior Member
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Something similar, from Tasmania.
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