The idea is to dampen any sound transfer from the oars to the hull. It seemed to work well on Jon Johnson...
I made a few calls and located a metalworker who is building me a stainless steel lean bar for the casting deck. Things are moving along...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Rigging 2
Oar Lock Sockets are complete and installed. I applied double sided tape and a sheet of foam between the hull and the socket prior to bolting them through the gunwale with 1/4" stainless bolts.
The idea is to dampen any sound transfer from the oars to the hull. It seemed to work well on Jon Johnson...
I made a few calls and located a metalworker who is building me a stainless steel lean bar for the casting deck. Things are moving along...
The idea is to dampen any sound transfer from the oars to the hull. It seemed to work well on Jon Johnson...
I made a few calls and located a metalworker who is building me a stainless steel lean bar for the casting deck. Things are moving along...
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I like where this is going. As much as I love the drift boat...wish I still had my last jon....along with the drift boat ;-)
Thanks Matt. There is not a perfect boat, there is only the perfect circumstances for the boat you own. Everything else is just making do...
Despite the limitations, floating is generally a better option than the alternative (see also "sinking").
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