Re: Alternative Rowing Setup

happy life skills foundation (hapilife@efn.org)
Fri, 24 Dec 1999 19:32:05 -0800 (PST)

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Hi potterers,
so...if you have rails on the cockpit...what's everybody doing about
rowing, lock placement and those rails? mine keep me from getting a full
stroke...the stanchions get in the way.
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Ken Silverman, p-15, "vegan lorax"

On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, Ron Force wrote:

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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> As i wrote off-list to Mike, Don Street in "The Ocean Sailing Yacht" advises
> installing the oarlocks eleven inches from the aft end of the seat, which is
> what I did. Even there, my knuckles tend to hit the tiller when rowing
> vigorously. With the oars farther aft, you'd probably row standing up and
> facing forward.
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> Ron Force rforce@moscow.com
> Moscow, Idaho
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