Thank you so much for your lovely description. I am 78 and not about to start rowing a shell but I also love to row in the dark. My choice of boat is a 14 foot traditionally build cedar strip skiff or a fiberglass copy of a 17 foot double ended skiff. Both have given me the same satisfactions that you describe and continue to do so. My rowing location is a Kawartha lake in Ontario that unfortunately freezes over completely every winter. Best wishes.
Looking at your exquisite scull, my 16 foot Alden Quest is a grocery store shopping cart. However, she still carries me backwards down the aisles and allows glimpses at both unattainable items on higher shelves and satisfying snacks within reach. Row on!
Pretty much sums up how I feel when I paddle my Nick Shade designed Solo Micro Bootlegger on calm mornings, just feeling free and alive. Thanks for the description.
Thank you so much for your lovely description. I am 78 and not about to start rowing a shell but I also love to row in the dark. My choice of boat is a 14 foot traditionally build cedar strip skiff or a fiberglass copy of a 17 foot double ended skiff. Both have given me the same satisfactions that you describe and continue to do so. My rowing location is a Kawartha lake in Ontario that unfortunately freezes over completely every winter. Best wishes.
Nice design and a nice build of that design.
A wonderful moment and boat taking us with you. Thank you.
Excellent, evocative article that put me in the boat, metaphorically speaking!
Simply marvelous!
In my case it's double blading rather than rowing but the spiritual almost metaphysical aspects resonates.
On a lighter note re weight.
https://proanaut.blogspot.com/2023/06/what-will-it-weigh.html
Very nice mix of facts and reflections; thank you.
Looking at your exquisite scull, my 16 foot Alden Quest is a grocery store shopping cart. However, she still carries me backwards down the aisles and allows glimpses at both unattainable items on higher shelves and satisfying snacks within reach. Row on!
Pretty much sums up how I feel when I paddle my Nick Shade designed Solo Micro Bootlegger on calm mornings, just feeling free and alive. Thanks for the description.