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Far Reach Voyages

~ The sailing, maintenance, and upgrades of a highly modified and custom built Cape Dory 36 sailboat. Please visit our other website that documents the six year rebuild and modification of the sailing vessel Far Reach at www.farreachvoyages.com.

Far Reach Voyages

Tag Archives: sculling a displacement sailboat

Sculling an 18,000 lb Boat? Yes You Can.

13 Tuesday Aug 2019

Posted by farreachvoyages in Equipment, Modifications, Techniques, Tactics, Tips, Uncategorized, Upgrades

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Blue water sailing, Cape Dory sailboat, engine free sailing, Engineless Sailing, Lin and Larry Pardey, sailboat restoration, sculling a displacement sailboat, Sculling oar

Sculling the FarReach out of her slip on 25 Nov 2018 at the beginning of my singlehanded voyage 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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