Among the many many projects and modifications I have planned for Dragonfly, I am thinking of making a yuloh to use as a backup auxilery instead of paddles.
This video shows a pretty good sized boat being driven along by a yuloh.
This article gives a good overview of how they work and shows how to build one from a couple of inexpensive spruce boards and a pivot pin. http://www.simplicityboats.com/yulohpage2.html
My plan is to make one that is collapsible and easy to stow (take up about the same space as a pair of long handled paddles). On a 19' 1500lb sailboat, I need easy to use and easy to stow. I love rowing but oars seem like a real pain in the a.. ah hem. Paddles really don't have much power and it really requires two with practiced coordination to make it at all practical. Sitting on the bow to single hand paddle is an option, but, again, not very powerful.
The yuloh looks like it might be just the ticket for emergency backup when a mechanical auxilery is out of fuel.
What do you all think? Any experience?
Maneuverability or steering issues? Room in a marina?
- Will (Dragonfly)
This article gives a good overview of how they work and shows how to build one from a couple of inexpensive spruce boards and a pivot pin. http://www.simplicityboats.com/yulohpage2.html
My plan is to make one that is collapsible and easy to stow (take up about the same space as a pair of long handled paddles). On a 19' 1500lb sailboat, I need easy to use and easy to stow. I love rowing but oars seem like a real pain in the a.. ah hem. Paddles really don't have much power and it really requires two with practiced coordination to make it at all practical. Sitting on the bow to single hand paddle is an option, but, again, not very powerful.
The yuloh looks like it might be just the ticket for emergency backup when a mechanical auxilery is out of fuel.
What do you all think? Any experience?
Maneuverability or steering issues? Room in a marina?
- Will (Dragonfly)