Zoom Mtg. No.3 – 2 May -Building a sliding seat rowing boat

10th May 202010th May 2020 John Perry 1 Comment rowing boat, stitch and glue, Water jet

For our previous meeting John covered the design of a sliding seat recreational rowing boat, he now continues with a

Zoom meeting – 25 April 2020

27th April 202028th April 2020 John Perry 0 Comments rowing, rowing boat, sliding seat

John Perry gave a presentation about the design process for a 4.57m (15 foot) sliding seat rowing boat, this presentation being followed by video demonstrating the design features. The construction and use of the boat will be the subject of a following meeting.

Boats • Paradox/Yuloh/Electric
I very much enjoyed the recent Zoom meeting about Alastair Law's Paradox micro cruiser. There was a bit of discussion about auxiliary power which brought to mind something I saw recently billed as an 'electric yuloh' (well actually an 'electric godille' because they are French):https://www.temofrance.com/en_GB/This seems rather expensive for what it is but it looks […]
Monohulls • Re: Halyard locks and reefing hooks
Nice system, maybe I will make the same for my boat that is in France when I get to my real estate in Cannes. Due to the virus situation I am not sure when it is going to happen.Statistics: Posted by Gerdos — Mon May 04, 2020 2:57 pm
Monohulls • Re: Halyard locks and reefing hooks
Hi Simon!This is my own design, Feel free to copy it if you want! But if you do so, it will be easier to keep the pins perpendicular to mast longitudinal axis. I will be soon ready to send you a small video.Statistics: Posted by AlexQ23 — Thu Apr 30, 2020 12:30 pm
Monohulls • Re: Halyard locks and reefing hooks
That's a nice system - and presumably it works with reefed sails by adding another (or more) fixed pin at the appropriate position on the mast.Did you devise it, or is it a commercial system?CheersSimonStatistics: Posted by fishwics — Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:32 pm
News • Sail GP Cowes
The SailGP event scheduled for 14 to 15 August at Cowes is still being advertised, presumably the organisers are hoping that the current restrictions will have been relaxed by then. If the event does go ahead, then, given suitable weather, it should be spectacular. I noticed that if you wish to watch this event from […]