Rowing for Exercise When Sailing?

[staehpj1]

I was wondering what the lower limit was when it came to boat size for sliding seat rowing. I would like to be able to tow something behind my sailboat (Alberg 30).

Ideally it would be nice to have something that could act as a tender and still allow a good workout. In one mode it would need to carry at least two crew and some groceries. In the other mode it would be used for exercise/recreation. Is this a realistic expectation? Some of the ports here on the Chesapeake Bay have a limit of 10' length for boats that can use the dinghy dock. I would remove the sliding seat when in tender mode.

Any suggestions of designs that might work? I have build a number of tenders and a couple sea kayaks, so building from plans is an option.

Pete

[Bob S.]

I was wondering what the lower limit was when it came to boat size for sliding seat rowing. I would like to be able to tow something behind my sailboat (Alberg 30).

Ideally it would be nice to have something that could act as a tender and still allow a good workout. In one mode it would need to carry at least two crew and some groceries. In the other mode it would be used for exercise/recreation. Is this a realistic expectation? Some of the ports here on the Chesapeake Bay have a limit of 10' length for boats that can use the dinghy dock. I would remove the sliding seat when in tender mode.

Any suggestions of designs that might work? I have build a number of tenders and a couple sea kayaks, so building from plans is an option.

Pete

There are complete rowing units available that can be put into various types of boats. The Alden unit is one and I think that another one is called the Row Wing:
http://www.chesapeakerowing.com/rowwing.htm

I tried to get a URL for the Alden unit, but all I found was info on their complete shells.

10' is awfully short for sliding seat use. The weight shifting would cause a lot of bobbing. Gooney rigs, i.e. fixed seat and a sliding rigger/stretcher unit can be used in shorter boats, e.g. Virus boats, but even those are 16' in length. But I think that the Virus design is available only in the boats that they make.

Bob S.

[loki]

Since I'm a new user I can't post an URL, so you'll have to put a "www" in front of the addresses.

Here's one, there are others on this site.
merrywherry.com/searangera.html

There are some rowing dinks that might be stable enough. The Trinka 10 foot comes to minds.

I carry an 8 foot rowing dink in davits, plus a 13 kayak on the starboard rail. But now that I've gotten into my C2, I'm tempted to get one of these to carry on the port rail:

echorowing.com/echo.htm

Here's a picture of my boat (first picture):
sv-loki.com/Summer_06/summer_06.html

BTW, I think my cat was built in the same building as your Alberg, in Whitby, Ontario.

[Nosmo]

The row wing has a sliding seat. Seems to me you want something that has a sliding rigger.