Seeking a long sculling oar

3m is too long

That was a monster at 12 feet

9 feet will be fine

the cockpit is 6 foot long so I can live with the end sticking out the stern when not in use

the crutch will be great on the outboard bracket once I have worked out a way of fitting it

they taught us how to scull at school

it was a surpisingly good school

the film about the Orwell in case anyone is interested

getting one with the right blade is important if I am going to do it efficiantly - long and fairly narrow is what I after

the sculling I will do will be more controlled drifting - just putting the boat in the right bit of the tide and drifting it away from the shallows

it would have been great for this drift up to neatishead

last film here

http://www.keepturningleft.co.uk/category/scuttlebutt/

and it wuld have been useful when I did the Medway. I would also like to have some sort of back-up rudder as losing the rudder is my greatest fear

Dylan
 
A couple of Oars

Agree with loosing the rudder...seems to be held on with a 'wing-and-prayer' on the 'Offshore's'...same fittings as the mirror dinghy methinks??

A suitable sculling oar won't be 'too' hard to source....just be patient and keep one eye on e-bay, if a 'pair' comes up let me know and I will share the cost...payback is you teach me to scull......How hard can it be ???

R.
 
I would suggest a windsurfer mast. I use two for oars on my yacht tender, 14 foot catamaran. The oars are 3.6 metres long, blades are ply covered with epoxy cloth and some carbon fibre. Handles are shaped timber. They flex slightly when pulled hard and give that little bit extra speed.
 
The 3m Plastimo one that I owned had serious bend - sometimes terrifying amounts of bend when manoeuvring ( I would like to say sculling but I don't think you could call it that).

I wish I had known earlier, but I found the length absolutely critical .
The fulcrum/length has to be perfectly balanced in order to minimize effort. You could 'push row' all day as long as you had the fulcrum right, and, the right amount of 'oar' to manhandle in the cockpit. You just needed the ship's rudder to be made fast and offset a little.

I think I am right in saying that a sculling oar was required in French boats over a certain length for some time.

To have been taught to scull properly must have been a nice thing to learn.

Right up to the 1950's, one man with an oar and 60 ton barge - no motor, used to go on the tide from Barking Creek to the Pool of London. Caught No. 25 bus down Mile End Road to get home again. This was a nice Radio Essex feature.

Personally, I would go for a Yuloh .
 
Yuloh

LONG_KEELER said:
The 3m Plastimo one that I owned had serious bend - sometimes terrifying amounts of bend when manoeuvring ( I would like to say sculling but I don't think you could call it that).

I wish I had known earlier, but I found the length absolutely critical .
The fulcrum/length has to be perfectly balanced in order to minimize effort. You could 'push row' all day as long as you had the fulcrum right, and, the right amount of 'oar' to manhandle in the cockpit. You just needed the ship's rudder to be made fast and offset a little.

I think I am right in saying that a sculling oar was required in French boats over a certain length for some time.

To have been taught to scull properly must have been a nice thing to learn.

Right up to the 1950's, one man with an oar and 60 ton barge - no motor, used to go on the tide from Barking Creek to the Pool of London. Caught No. 25 bus down Mile End Road to get home again. This was a nice Radio Essex feature.

Personally, I would go for a Yuloh .
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not counting a yuloh out - I assume they are pretty bendy and i find that oars are very useful as quant poles for pushing off the mud

the slug only draws 8 inches - so when aground you can push yourself off - and of course the beast is not talking to reverse at the moment

So a good stiff oar strong enough to be put against a shoulder - I am told that yulohs are pretty floppy

Dylan
 
LONG_KEELER said:
The 3m Plastimo one that I owned had serious bend - sometimes terrifying amounts of bend when manoeuvring ( I would like to say sculling but I don't think you could call it that).

I wish I had known earlier, but I found the length absolutely critical .
The fulcrum/length has to be perfectly balanced in order to minimize effort. You could 'push row' all day as long as you had the fulcrum right, and, the right amount of 'oar' to manhandle in the cockpit. You just needed the ship's rudder to be made fast and offset a little.

I think I am right in saying that a sculling oar was required in French boats over a certain length for some time.

To have been taught to scull properly must have been a nice thing to learn.

Right up to the 1950's, one man with an oar and 60 ton barge - no motor, used to go on the tide from Barking Creek to the Pool of London. Caught No. 25 bus down Mile End Road to get home again. This was a nice Radio Essex feature.

Personally, I would go for a Yuloh .
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My Dad used to do this, as a Thames River Policeman in the 50's & 60's as a 'weekend sport' ...oars where pretty much huge lumps of 4"x2" ...but using the current, wind etc always completed the course...I remember the 25 bus and the 101 through the docks back to East Ham and Ilford..where are all those those workers now ? rhetorical !
 
Applescruffs said:
My Dad used to do this, as a Thames River Policeman in the 50's & 60's as a 'weekend sport' ...oars where pretty much huge lumps of 4"x2" ...but using the current, wind etc always completed the course...I remember the 25 bus and the 101 through the docks back to East Ham and Ilford..where are all those those workers now ? rhetorical !
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Ah............

Another good bus to get was the 147. Redbridge to Woolwich Ferry. Exciting stuff when young. As far as I know, all these numbers are still running.

Sorry folks - nostalgia time.
 
mogy said:
A rowlock on the stern and lashed to the pull pit when not in use......that was 30 years ago when I was fitter!
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Thanks Mogy

Something else to add to my 'C' Worklist! (That's the one for the jobs I would like to do iwhen I have the time but, realistically, probably never will!)
 
Sculling oar

If you go anywhere near Woodbridge in Suffolk, Andy Seedhouse (?) Boats is a fantastic emporium for that sort of thing, worth a call?
 
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