Aluminum row boat for kids

[V ger]

The attached illustrations demonstrate the relative merits of unpinned ring oarlocks versus pinned oarlocks when docking at a typical dingy dock. Coming along side another boat or piling will give similar results. Leaving a dingy dock against an adverse wind and/or current with unpinned ring oar locks will allow the rower to begin rowing as soon as the oarlock sockets are clear of the adjacent boats. With pinned oars shipped blades forward rowing may not commence until the forward stowed oar blades are clear of the adjacent boats.
Ab adverse wind and/or current may prevent reaching that point.

[jmarshall753]

I have an aluminum row boat in my yard. Laconia, near weirs. Reasonably priced. Email if interested to take a look. [email protected]

[TheProfessor]

I just sold my used 12' aluminum row boat v hull - with oars for $450.00.
Craigslist.
First person to come bought it.

[nhcatrider]

Make sure when you are rowing you are keeping a proper lookout. My 8 year old daughter almost got run over by 2 in a row boat, she was on a 6 foot kayak with me about 6 feet away. Kids in the boat had no idea she was there, or the large rock right in front of her that they did hit.

[fatlazyless]

Rowing usually means you pull on the oars with your back to the bow, and you are looking to the stern of the boat, or looking backwards from where you are rowing?

Maybe rowboats could be federally required to have rear view mirrors or a back-up cam to see where you are rowing?

[ApS]

Interesting point from The Hull Truth website:

the real problem here is that aluminum "rowboats" have a wide square transom for the motor!

the wide square transom kills all the speed due to hydrodynamic inefficiency.

If you need to be convinced, go hop in your local aluminum row boat (with no outboard) with a medium sized kid as passenger. have the kid sit in the back while you row a ways. now have the kid move way up front (ideally so that the bottom of the transom is out of the water) and row some more. you will be quite surprised at the difference.

if the bottom of the transom is out of the water then the water can flow out from under the boat much more easily and the boat will row much better...aluminum "rowboats" are designed for outboard motors.

(But I was really Googling for this photo—not the included message).



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[noreast]

Looks like a walmart add for a boat. You know that cigarette ended up in the water.