[JMG343]

Just reading how Marty and his friend rowed over 20 miles the other day. I row and fish alone and have often thought, what is the ruling on fabricating a portable mast and sail that one could attach to his/her row boat and use to "help" cover more water more quickly? Although it would be a little difficult without a center board, someone with a little skill and knowledge could quite easily attach a sail to a row boat and cover some pretty vast distances in pretty short time. Just a thought.

 

[swensodts]

Here's my experience from the kayak. If you covered 7 miles, you'd be exhausted. If you did nothing but paddle all day, you'd get about 10 miles, unless it was glass calm. While 4-5 mph is possible it's not sustainable for distance paddling, you end up averaging more like 1.5-2MPH by yourself anyway. My Hobie has a sail kit available, I just think it'd get in the way, the best thing about the Hobie and Kayaks like Native Propels are the "peddle" drive systems, if you were gonna do anything to improve your distance, I'd suggest looking into something that would give you "leg" power rather then oars. Maybe retro fit from a paddle boat or something.

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[Lunkerboss]

Forget it. NO SAILBOATS allowed on the CROTON WATERSHED. No Yaks either. Jake, your a big guy. Just get an over sized coat, spread your wings like Batman & sail up/down the lake. Problem becomes when you try to get back with the wind against you. Better bring oars.

 

[SlowFISH]

The best thing I've found is a LONG set of oars.... they will be a little harder on you - but you can really move if you need too... I have a few sets - the longest being 9 footers for my 14 ft Starcraft with a 60" beam.... I use 8 footers on my other Semi V's that are closer to 50" beam and on the few Jons I have that are narrow - 7fters.... which work and are easy on the arms - but you can't cover as much water.

I've seen a few boats with what looks like a small rudder/fin added to the back... probably helps keep things straight and make it easier to stay on coarse... might be worth a look if you can fab something up that you can remove before dragging the boat into the water.

J.