Re: Swallow's tiller fittings & transom


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Posted by Jonathan Labaree on February 10, 2004 at 21:03:29 from 207.5.234.19 user JLabaree.

In Reply to: Re: Swallow's tiller fittings & transom posted by John Nichols on February 10, 2004 at 17:41:42:

Those are nice gudgeons. The fact that they only sell flat gudgeons at Jamestown suggests that it's much more common to have them mounted on the transom and the pintles on the rudder. If the set-up Laurence described were common, I would think you would see pintles with flat flanges and gudgeons with ones designed to fit on rudders.

Chappelle and Gardner are great companions. John Gardner taught me basic boatbuilding when I was in high school and helped me a lot on my first boat.

Interesting that Amazon should have a rod (bronze?) for a tiller. That seems unusual to me, but may be common in the Lakes. I have always seen/used wood tillers (except for snazzy racing dinghies, of course).

Not sure if it would have been normal to have a notch in the transom for sculling. It's a matter of preference over here as many people do not scull, although I enjoy it. Some folks have the notch, others prefer an oarlock set up on the transom. I've used both and prefer, slightly, the oarlock since it pivots with the stroke.

- Jonathan


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