Cool video with pretty water, thanks for sharing and have a good day my friend :)
@vipermadman
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the kind comments. Have a good day too :)
@mellocello187
10 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed your video! Is your home port Newport Beach? Looks like? I row out of Marina del Rey with a small group. One of the guys has rowed from MdR to Catalina in a Maas 24 I believe, possibly also a quad. I have an Alden Ocean Shell. We go out weekly just to Santa Monica Bay.
@vipermadman
9 ай бұрын
Thank you! Currently living in Pasadena and trailer the boat all over the socal coast. I train mostly out of Alamitos Bay. Would totally be down to row with you guys!
@eamonnocarroll5866
Жыл бұрын
Great video thanks
@vipermadman
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! Hope to make them better as I get better with the drone and videography in general.
@stevewhite791
Жыл бұрын
Super cool, now you need to add a fighter jet glass canopy!
@vipermadman
Жыл бұрын
That would be nice haha!!
@lindsaymartin5988
2 жыл бұрын
Award winning stuff JG. Better than the Joker and Murray scene (soundtrack). Cheers P.S...rig up one of those hobie Island spinnakers. 15knots.
@vipermadman
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the nice comments. I’ll look into that Hobie spinnaker :)
@j.d.3875
2 жыл бұрын
awesome
@vipermadman
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@ibelieveican3138
2 жыл бұрын
I flipped the hull over, getting ready to fiberglass! In the build manual for the RowCruiser it says to use two layers of 6oz. fiberglass. Do you think it's necessary? The boat is looking good, I'd like to show you photos but don't see how I can send them to you. I see below you are saving for a reefable sail rig. I bought a mast, boom and yard plus the sail from Chesapeake Light Craft. it's the main off their Southwester Dory. I didn't get the mizen mast. It's a "balanced lug" sail rig. And I've built in the mast partner and mast step much further back from the original Main location. (not going with a mizen, as I said) I've got photos if you want to see what I'm up to. Cheers!
@vipermadman
2 жыл бұрын
Very cool! Please send photos to my email at jgibling@icloud.com. I’d love to see the progress and innovative ideas you have. As for glassing, Colin used 2 layers of 6oz glass because most rolls are 50 or 55 inches wide which doesn’t cover the entire rowcruiser. I think he figured the extra overlap would be good for the bottom of the hull which takes the most abuse. I take my boat in open ocean quite often and in rough conditions and I feel like the extra glass makes the rowcruiser bombproof and gives me piece of mind. But I’m pretty harsh on equipment. I do believe Colin saved weight by not glassing the interior with full strips but rather used strips along the seems of the planks. Hope this helps! Best of luck!
@celiapage7002
2 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed watching your cruise to Catalina. What kind of boat was that ? Where can I buy one ?
@vipermadman
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the complement! The boat is called the “Rowcruiser”. It’s a kit boat you build yourself. Here’s the link to the website. Good luck! angusrowboats.com/pages/sailing-rowcruiser
@Bonthius
Жыл бұрын
Did you change anything about your daggerboard after it broke?
@vipermadman
Жыл бұрын
I did! First…the one that broke was cheap plywood single glassed. Amazed now that it held up for as long as it did. After the break, I ended up making 3 haha! I made one with 4 pieces of pine wood w close grains, epoxied together with all the grain going vertical then double glassed it. The next two I made were made with high quality oakume plywood. One was double glassed and the other was triple glassed. The triple glassed daggerboard is what I used during raced to alaska. It took a beating and held up well. The problem everyone says with using plywood is the accumulative effect of sheer force. The constant bending on racks eventually weakens the 50% of the plywood grains that go horizontal and then you get the catastrophic failure after a year or two. I actually brought 2 daggerboards for race to alaska but didn’t need one. I wouldn’t bring 2 again. To heavy.
@Bonthius
Жыл бұрын
@@vipermadman That's really insightful. I think I'll try laminating boards of CVG fir and see how that holds up. Your account of the plywood daggerboard breaking is not the only one I've seen among rowcruisers. I'm starting a build in about a month, and your videos have been inspiring! Thank you for sharing your excursions with us.
@vipermadman
Жыл бұрын
@@Bonthius Happy to help! As for the daggerboards, ya I think wood laminated is the way to go. All grains of wood going same direction. I did what Colin did using 4 or 5 pieces and it seems to be stiffer and plenty strong. Minimal work too. Doug Shoup on the other hand w team perseverance for Race to Alaska built a really bomb proof daggerboard. Well over 13 strips, then split width wise and off set so no joint went all the way through. Hard to explain. He did a really pro job and the end product was a work of art. Check out his photos or better yet send him a line and I’m sure he’d be happy to explain how he built it. He might have used this website for instructions. www.epoxyworks.com/index.php/how-to-build-rudders-centerboards/ Best of luck with the build!!!
@stuartsutherland7664
2 жыл бұрын
How do you reef the sails?
@vipermadman
2 жыл бұрын
Good question. The rowcruiser kit instructions suggest buying a type of dingy sails that can not be reefed. However, the instructions also have a unique reefing system of completely taking down the sails and putting up a small storm sail like system with half the spars. This is a concern in sudden rough conditions. Personally I like having a very simple sail system with no running rigging. Less to break when I’m in remote places in BC or Alaska. But it comes at a cost of some hassle in those sudden story conditions. However I’ve seen other rowcruiser builders install their own sail system that can be traditionally reefed. I’m currently saving up $$$ for a custom mast and new reefable sails. Might be a few years tho :)
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