[Public-List] sculling

[dickdurk at atlanticbb.net]

The Pardey's on Sarafin (and their later boat, Taleisin, 
is also engineless, I believe) are proponents of oars. 
they use just one, either on the side, or for sculling.


I have a 20' or so lifeboat oar that I have experimented 
with. As Gordon says, the oarlock is the issue. Someday I 
will sand cast a bronze oarlock, but there is potential 
for actually moving an Alberg with an oar-in a dead calm.

I found sculling less effective than on the side, but it 
takes a lot of sea room to get up speed so the rudder can 
be used to counter...torque, I guess it is.

MichaelGrosh
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