Edon Recreational Sculls in USA
edonr...@aol.com
(TS515). The website has recently been updated and is at www.virginiarowing.com
or can be arrived at via www.edonrowing.com
Thanks
Roger
carolinetu
Caroline
carolinetu
Boats in the UK.
Caroline
Roger
They're very good particularly for the price. Steve at Ahoy Boats
sells a lot of these not only to clubs but a lot to individuals.
Ahoy Boats is at www.ahoy-boats.co.uk
There is also a youtube video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQlbob8lykA
Thanks
Jake
If you like sculling boats with stabilisers and amazed scullers in
same letting go of their handles, you might also like
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/frithjake/SingleScullWithStabilisers#
I still maintain that the scullies/ Edon/ Paralympics aproach of
stubby displacement style stabilising hulls is not as good as the
longer flatter outrigger option. Just because the main hull will never
plane doesn't mean the much lower loaded stabilisers wouldn't be more
efficient doing so.The outer stabilising hulls are almost never hulls
in the traditional sense, more 'occasional water slappers'. Still,
these Edon's look a world better than the ubiqitous French yellow
things we know so well.
I have unfortunately temporarily mislaid my ' zero budget Piantedosi
style drop in rig' photos which I was going to drop into this album
for further entertainment, but if you consider a polythene Canadian
canoe, an elderly Empacher quad and a wood saw, you can probably work
out the rest.
Merry Christmas
Roger
> Roger,
> If you like sculling boats with stabilisers and amazed scullers in
>
> I still maintain that the scullies/ Edon/ Paralympics aproach of
> stubby displacement style stabilising hulls is not as good as the
> longer flatter outrigger option. Just because the main hull will never
> plane doesn't mean the much lower loaded stabilisers wouldn't be more
> efficient doing so.The outer stabilising hulls are almost never hulls
> in the traditional sense, more 'occasional water slappers'. Still,
> these Edon's look a world better than the ubiqitous French yellow
> things we know so well.
>
> I have unfortunately temporarily mislaid my ' zero budget Piantedosi
> style drop in rig' photos which I was going to drop into this album
> for further entertainment, but if you consider a polythene Canadian
> canoe, an elderly Empacher quad and a wood saw, you can probably work
> out the rest.
>
> Merry Christmas
Hey Jake,
The zero budget drop in unit, is that a similar project to this
wonderful part sailboard part hang glider stabiliser rig in the
photos. Yes even I couldn't turn it over and it didn't seem to affect
the speed although I do seem to be rushing the slide in that one
photo. Do you still have the Aquaskipper, we had a lot of fun with
that. I recently found the birdman of bognor vids too.
Yes really pontoons on scull are there to stop the thing tipping over
in a crisis. I'm sure there are better shapes out there but the things
spend very little time on the water and cause minimal drag when they
do. Also you need to factor in weight, how they attach and
producability.
I see your next project is the Skiff, I always fancied having a go at
Skiff racing, David B is THE authority on this, I'm sure he can
recommend folks that could advise on the build.
Happy New Year jake.
Roger
Henry Law
> They're very good particularly for the price. Steve at Ahoy Boats
> sells a lot of these not only to clubs but a lot to individuals.
>
> Ahoy Boats is at www.ahoy-boats.co.uk
My club has a flock of them and we like them very much.
Not to detract from their excellence, but if you're planning to use them
you need to plan to get round one practical difficulty, which is that
it's very hard for someone to land unaided: the outrigger float stops
them getting close enough to the bank/pontoon/dock etc to grab hold and
get out.
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Henry Law Manchester, England