A glimpse of the geared (Wooden) setup I made up instead of purchasing an additional Gig Harbour rig . (Their system is fine, just very expensive when you are buying from Australia).
I tend to use the wooden system now as it is easier to move from boat to boat, and I like that it mounts at the traditional oarlock mounting point and so has a more normal rowing "feel" than the metal setup.
The video also includes a (brief) look at the mechanisms construction.
(I would like to be able to say that I have knocked out a more presentable and "permanent" version since this prototype was made ...... but .... this one works fine, so why bother with looks?).
Why row forwards?
An exponent of front-looking rowin’,
when asked by onlookers unknowin’,
explains with a grin
that it really suits him,
‘cos he likes to see where he is goin’!
Sure, it’s not quite the way oars are seen -
articulated and facing aft of beam.
But with standard oars the view
that confronts you anew
is of everywhere you have just been!
So, despite the occasional stare,
like all thinking people who care
he likes to see -
just what confronts he;
at each bend, at each snag - everywhere.
Do you walk backwards in life he exclaims?
It would be silly and daft he explains!
Why not be like me!
He announces with glee -
I always arrive - where I aims!
(David O’Dempsey 4/11/2013)
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