LucienL Posted January 20, 2023 Share #1 Posted January 20, 2023 I'm currently working on building the Beagle's boats, starting with the 26 ft yawl. I'm drawing from the anatomy of the ship, which outlines the plans here. My question is regarding the aftmost tholes, i.e. the ones that appear to be positioned for a rower seated on the stern-sheet bench. This seems as though it would present a very awkward rowing position and this individual would be forced to place their back to the thole and move the oar to their side. Is this something that is seen on other boats? How realistic is it that a rower would be able to use an oar positioned as such? mtaylor 1 Quote Previous builds: HMS Bounty's Launch (Model Shipways), USS Albatros (OcCre) Current build: HMS Beagle (OcCre) Future builds: HMB Endeavour (Caldercraft), De Zeven Provinciën (Kolderstok), HMS Victory (Caldercraft/De Agostini/Artesania Latina/Corel) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jud Posted January 20, 2023 Share #2 Posted January 20, 2023 (edited) Set up for 6 rowers, one oar to a man and offset tholes. Goggle whaleboat photos, I attempted to bring a photo over, no luck. Edited January 20, 2023 by jud mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Pellett Posted January 20, 2023 Share #3 Posted January 20, 2023 Of course the boat is rowed with the oarsmen facing the stern so no one rowing the boat sits in the stern sheets. The tholes do look that they are placed too close to the benches where the oarsmen sit. The windlass would have been removable when not needed. Roger mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucienL Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share #4 Posted January 20, 2023 Hi Roger, thank you, that makes much more sense mtaylor 1 Quote Previous builds: HMS Bounty's Launch (Model Shipways), USS Albatros (OcCre) Current build: HMS Beagle (OcCre) Future builds: HMB Endeavour (Caldercraft), De Zeven Provinciën (Kolderstok), HMS Victory (Caldercraft/De Agostini/Artesania Latina/Corel) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMustBeCrazy Posted January 20, 2023 Share #5 Posted January 20, 2023 As Rodger said, seated something like this: mtaylor and allanyed 2 Quote Craig. I do know, that I don't know, a whole lot more, than I do know. Current Build: 1:16 Bounty Launch Scratch build. 1:16 Kitty -18 Foot Racing Sloop 1:50 Le Renard HM Cutter Lapwing 1816 Lapwing Drawings Completed....: 1:16 16' Cutter Scratch build. Discussion....: Bounty Boats Facts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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