A better look ‘under the hood’

As Suzanne exclaimed yesterday, "Oh, it has shoes in it!" Indeed it does! But I'm also still taken with the see-through decking. It presents some storage and transport challenges, but I'm working on those!

Clare & I have three rowing shells. One can be rowed as a single or a double, is bottom-weighted and would be very difficult to flip. For these reasons, it's a wonderful training craft for introducing people who are new to sculling.
»» http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-06-16

The next-longer shell is a single-only and it's meant to be an open water" craft. Still pretty stable, but now there's a cockpit that's not a whole lot bigger than the space needed for the sculler to strap in their feet and slide back-and-forth in the seat, although there is a "dry sack" compartment.
»» http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-09-23

This shell, however, has a small cockpit, too, but no place for storage. This shell was designed for racing, so yes, now there are shoes and this is what you'll find in sculls or rowing shells that were designed and built for speed and not stability: shoes screwed to the foot-stretchers!

Another day I did not take an unplanned swim! But I *expect* to flip in this craft, so everything is either
» in something that will float and/or
» is tied to structural pieces in the cockpit.

1 year ago (“Coiled”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-05-22
2 years ago (“Is it 4:30 yet?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-05-22
3 years ago (“River Walk (San Antonio, TX)”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-05-22
4 years ago (“‘Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul,’ Philadelphia”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-05-22

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