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Tag Archives: Engineless Sailing

Can You Scull an 18,000lb boat? Yes You Can.

13 Tuesday Aug 2019

Posted by farreachvoyages in Engineless Sailing, Modifications, Sculling oar, Techniques, Tactics, Tips

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Cape Dory 36, Cape Dory sailboat, Engineless Sailing, Lin and Larry Pardey, Sailboat rebuild, sailboat restoration, sculling a displacment sailboat, Sculling oar, Taleisin, Traditional Boats

Sculling the Far Reach out of her slip on 25 Nov 2018 at the beginning of my singlehanded voyage from North Carolina to the Virgin Islands.

During the six year rebuild of the Far Reach I decided to remove and sell the original Perkins 4-108 50 hp diesel engine (you can read more about the decision process to ditch the engine here). We initially relied on a sculling oar to propel and maneuver the boat for the first year after the launch which included 3,500nm of sailing and a voyage to the Virgin Islands and back to North Carolina.

 

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Removable Side-Mount Rotating Arm Engine Bracket

23 Saturday Dec 2017

Posted by farreachvoyages in Equipment, Modifications, Planning, Repairs, Sails, Techniques, Tactics, Tips, Upgrades, Voyaging

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Engineless Sailing, Simple Living

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Here we are departing Hancock Marina on 29 Nov 2015 for the BVI.  There was not a breath of air.  We used the engine to get to the head of Adams Creek on the ICW that afternoon.  The next day we sailed all the way down the ICW, under two bridges, and out to Cape Lookout where we waited for a weather window to cross the Gulf Stream. A few days later a friend linked up with us in the Bight at Cape Lookout and we transferred the engine to his skiff.  We sailed to the BVI engine free.

While I would prefer to have the Far Reach engine free all the time it would require access to a mooring that we could sail on and off. There are very few moorings in NC and none where we are. She is berthed in a small marina with 360° of protection. So, we often carry a Honda 9.9hp four stroke outboard on a custom-made removable swing arm bracket attached to the port quarter. The outboard allows us to more conveniently move her in and out of her slip, make the tight turn onto the fairway, then exit the narrow 1/4 mile long channel out to the Neuse River.

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