Need your HELP what 10ft boat do I need?

[dazz]

1. lost job doc said to go fishing
2. want 2 drift with the tide (no Motor) I want 2 row 2 lose weight etc, what size oars?
3. Have 5 kids & wife, but know that only 3 can use the boat at any time.
4. Have made a trolley for boat
5. Now which brand is best suited for me, I was told not to get any riveted seats as they can work loose.
6. Confused with so many different types of design and materials.
7. If any one can shed some light on this would be much appreciated.

[basserman]

a kayak ;D

i have a ten footer of a mates that has riverted seat and not problems yet
they are a bit akard to row but

[dazz]

The problem with that is I am 6ft2 @100kgs and have problems with balancing a craft like that & the kids and some crab pots would not fit in. Thanks anyway

[basserman]

i think my mate is going to sell his 10 footer soon (we are both getting kayaks) but we live in port macquarie but if your after one i can see for you

[dazz]

Why is it hard to row, is a v nose better?

[basserman]

just the bulkynes of it makes rowing a bit hard
it rows but you will not be flying and rowing the boat against the current will be hard work

[dazz]

So rowing with the tide would not be a problem? Do you know what the difference is between rowing a v hull compared to yours?

[paz]

how bout somethin like this..
http://i13.ebayimg.com/03/i/01/8c/96/7e_1_b.JPG
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3668294488&category=11728
paz 8)

[blaze]

I think you will find a displacement hull suck as a purdon would suit your needs better than a hull that is disigned to plane with an outboard, displacement hulls are also very stable in the water
I would be looking for a wooden or fibaglass rowboat
hope this helps
cheers
blaze

[dazz]

Blaze can you advise me why you suggested a fibreglass or wooden boat?

[blaze]

Hi Dazz
The only reson I suggest wooden or glass is I have never heard of a displacement type hull in aliminium. Displacement hulls were made for rowing
cheers
blaze

[ba229]

i agree with blaze. wood or fibreglass is the go. motored past a guy yesterday rowing a long narrow fibreglass boat in the middle of lake maquarie with an eastily wind blowing. his boat looked heaps more stable than my 12ft aluminium in the swell. i also think that once you got momentum up the glass boat would make it easier to row.

[dazz]

Guy's thanks for the info, but I have about a 400 meter walk to the creek using my homemade boat trailor (golfbuggy) so I was l leaning towards an aluminium punt like the one in Bassman photo. isn't that a displacement hull? I am only planning to drift out and in with the tide, check the wildlife out have some time to myself and any fish would be a bonus.
Dazz

[basserman]

the punt will do all you want and get you fit in no time!
but do yourself a favor and get some really good long ores and good rowlock if you plan to just be paddleing around
they a very stable boats and me and my mate are yet to have this one take on water and thats even with both us 115kgs on one side!
the thing that is good about this type of punt is if you dicide later that you are sick of paddleing you can easyly put a motor on it
we have has a 8hp on the back of that one and it gets up and goes nicly ;D

[dazz]

basserman sorry about missing the er in your name. I see you can buy 6-8ft oars are you talking longer than that? is that a total of 115ks or each?

[basserman]

thats each (fatso are us)
yeh i would be going the 8footers for sure as the punts are resumbly wide
also think about something to sit on to make it a bit more comfiy

i hope you all the best there is nothing better than to get on the water and have some peace and quite

[The_Walrus]

As well as someting to sit on, you might want to think about installing a set of angled foot rests.

Makes it a lot easier to put some grunt into the rowing. Even if your feet don't slip on the wet aluminium, having them flat of the floor is not very confortable.

Luc