yuloh

Hey all, I think I am going to make a yuloh at some point in the future. Does anyone have experience using a chinese sculling oar? They are a clever bit of long ago technology. Please check out the pictures. Units are in meters for the oar profile and mm for the blade profile.

The yahoo discussion group low.cost.voyaging based on the books by Annie Hill has had extensive discussions on yulas. Ask there but you seem well on your way. Ch Adam Thorp <th… [at] gmail.com> wrote: >Hey all, > >I think I am going to make a yuloh at some point in the future. Does >anyone >have experience using a chinese sculling oar? They are a clever bit of >long >ago technology. > >Please check out the pictures. Units are in meters for the oar profile >and >mm for the blade profile. --

Great, I'm signing up! On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Chris H <ch… [at] gmail.com>wrote: > ** > > > The yahoo discussion group low.cost.voyaging based on the books by Annie > Hill has had extensive discussions on yulas. Ask there but you seem well on > your way. > > Ch > > > Adam Thorp <th… [at] gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hey all, >> >> I think I am going to make a yuloh at some point in the future. Does >> anyone have experience using a chinese sculling oar? They are a clever bit >> of long ago technology. >> >> Please check out the pictures. Units are in meters for the oar profile >> and mm for the blade profile. >> > > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > >

Speaking of yulas it interesting how many marinas will not let you in without an auxillary. Insurance reasons I think. So dont ditch the engine. Just padle in if thats your fancy and point to the engine if someone decides to question you. Ive often thought how practical these oars are or would be working your way up or down a creek or river in the absence of wind....all very very quitely. Just the noise of wildlife and water rushing past the bow and the splash of the oar. Pretty tranquile piece of old fashioned high tech. Ch Ch Adam Thorp <th… [at] gmail.com> wrote: >Great, I'm signing up! > >On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Chris H ><ch… [at] gmail.com>wrote: > >> ** >> >> >> The yahoo discussion group low.cost.voyaging based on the books by >Annie >> Hill has had extensive discussions on yulas. Ask there but you seem >well on >> your way. >> >> Ch >> >> >> Adam Thorp <th… [at] gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> I think I am going to make a yuloh at some point in the future. Does >>> anyone have experience using a chinese sculling oar? They are a >clever bit >>> of long ago technology. >>> >>> Please check out the pictures. Units are in meters for the oar >profile >>> and mm for the blade profile. >>> >> >> -- >> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> >> --

On Sep 23, 2012, at 11:28 AM, Adam Thorp <th… [at] gmail.com> wrote: > [Attachment(s) from Adam Thorp included below] > Hey all, > > > I think I am going to make a yuloh at some point in the future. Does anyone have experience using a chinese sculling oar? They are a clever bit of long ago technology. > > Please check out the pictures. Units are in meters for the oar profile and mm for the blade profile. >

I'm guessing all you need to do is Google it and add Youtube to the title. Isn't it the same as a skull? Or did I miss spell that? Ok. Scull? There's probably a demonstration of how it's done, kind of like a figure 8 movement, I think. That famous cruising couple who wrote all those books about engine-less cruising used one for motive power. I have their book somewhere in my room. Their name, which is stuck somewhere on the tip of my tongue, or glued to some cerebral plaque, will come to me, probably as soon as I click the send button. Jerry From: Darr LaFon <da… [at] verizon.net> To: "Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] yuloh On Sep 23, 2012, at 11:28 AM, Adam Thorp <th… [at] gmail.com> wrote: >Hey all, > > >I think I am going to make a yuloh at some point in the future. Does anyone have experience using a chinese sculling oar? They are a clever bit of long ago technology. > > >Please check out the pictures. Units are in meters for the oar profile and mm for the blade profile.

Lin and Larry Pardey? It is similiar to a scull, but a couple differences. A line from from handle to deck and a bend in the oars length create a twisting force so that you don't have to as you would with a western oar. On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Gerald Sobel <so… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: > ** > > > I'm guessing all you need to do is Google it and add Youtube to the title. > Isn't it the same as a skull? Or did I miss spell that? Ok. Scull? There's > probably a demonstration of how it's done, kind of like a figure 8 > movement, I think. > That famous cruising couple who wrote all those books about engine-less > cruising used one for motive power. > I have their book somewhere in my room. Their name, which is stuck > somewhere on the tip of my tongue, or glued to some cerebral plaque, will > come to me, probably as soon as I click the send button. > Jerry > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Darr LaFon <da… [at] verizon.net> > *To:* "Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, September 23, 2012 6:49 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Cal_Boats] yuloh > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > On Sep 23, 2012, at 11:28 AM, Adam Thorp <th… [at] gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey all, > > I think I am going to make a yuloh at some point in the future. Does > anyone have experience using a chinese sculling oar? They are a clever bit > of long ago technology. > > Please check out the pictures. Units are in meters for the oar profile and > mm for the blade profile. > > > > >

The yuloh's blade sits horizontally in the water and the motion mimics a falling leaf, the leading edge changing with each stroke. The ro, is the Japanese take on the same principle. The blade sits vertically and the leading edge is constant. I believe the ro would make a better oar for a light boat and the yuloh better for high displacement. On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Adam Thorp <th… [at] gmail.com> wrote: > Lin and Larry Pardey? > > It is similiar to a scull, but a couple differences. A line from from > handle to deck and a bend in the oars length create a twisting force so > that you don't have to as you would with a western oar. > > > On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Gerald Sobel <so… [at] yahoo.com>wrote: > >> ** >> >> >> I'm guessing all you need to do is Google it and add Youtube to the >> title. Isn't it the same as a skull? Or did I miss spell that? Ok. Scull? >> There's probably a demonstration of how it's done, kind of like a figure 8 >> movement, I think. >> That famous cruising couple who wrote all those books about engine-less >> cruising used one for motive power. >> I have their book somewhere in my room. Their name, which is stuck >> somewhere on the tip of my tongue, or glued to some cerebral plaque, will >> come to me, probably as soon as I click the send button. >> Jerry >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Darr LaFon <da… [at] verizon.net> >> *To:* "Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> >> *Sent:* Sunday, September 23, 2012 6:49 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [Cal_Boats] yuloh >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Sep 23, 2012, at 11:28 AM, Adam Thorp <th… [at] gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Hey all, >> >> I think I am going to make a yuloh at some point in the future. Does >> anyone have experience using a chinese sculling oar? They are a clever bit >> of long ago technology. >> >> Please check out the pictures. Units are in meters for the oar profile >> and mm for the blade profile. >> >> >> >> >> > >

Adam, Maybe I can adapt my emergency oar to my whisker pole and make an effective yuloh. I could tie it to the two hooks I have for my Davis Tiller Tamer. I'll need to pin the ends of my collapsible pole so the end doesn't slide out. Hmm, I do have a plastic oar that came with my Sevyor Dinghy that might work, it's made with an aluminum tube. Anything to get me to the dock when the wind expires after sunset and my cranky O.B. refuses to start. (until I get around to installing a new spark coil under the flywheel) Or, I could sneak into one of my clients back yards and chop down one of his 60' tall bamboo trees that grew so tall over the last 35 years that it shaded his $100,000 solar space heater (in current dollars) that his wife refused to chop down, so the solar system wouldn't work anymore, and consequently, you guessed it, he shit canned his 18 priceless solid copper, black chrome plated solar panels! I could make a whole bunch of yulohs with just one of them%$#@plants. Aaarrghh! Jerry From: Adam Thorp <th… [at] gmail.com> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] yuloh The yuloh's blade sits horizontally in the water and the motion mimics a falling leaf, the leading edge changing with each stroke. The ro, is the Japanese take on the same principle. The blade sits vertically and the leading edge is constant. I believe the ro would make a better oar for a light boat and the yuloh better for high displacement. On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Adam Thorp <th… [at] gmail.com> wrote: Lin and Larry Pardey? > > >It is similiar to a scull, but a couple differences. A line from from handle to deck and a bend in the oars length create a twisting force so that you don't have to as you would with a western oar. > > > >On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Gerald Sobel <so… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: > > >> >>I'm guessing all you need to do is Google it and add Youtube to the title. Isn't it the same as a skull? Or did I miss spell that? Ok. Scull? There's probably a demonstration of how it's done, kind of like a figure 8 movement, I think. >>That famous cruising couple who wrote all those books about engine-less cruising used one for motive power. >>I have their book somewhere in my room. Their name, which is stuck somewhere on the tip of my tongue, or glued to some cerebral plaque, will come to me, probably as soon as I click the send button. >> >>Jerry >> >> >> >> >>________________________________ >> From: Darr LaFon <da… [at] verizon.net> >>To: "Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> >>Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 6:49 PM >>Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] yuloh >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Sent from my iPad >> >>On Sep 23, 2012, at 11:28 AM, Adam Thorp <th… [at] gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hey all, >>> >>> >>>I think I am going to make a yuloh at some point in the future. Does anyone have experience using a chinese sculling oar? They are a clever bit of long ago technology. >>> >>> >>>Please check out the pictures. Units are in meters for the oar profile and mm for the blade profile. >> >> >

On 9/23/2012 4:33 PM, Chris H wrote: > > > Speaking of yulas it interesting how many marinas will not let you in > without an auxillary. Insurance reasons I think. So dont ditch the > engine. Just padle in if thats your fancy and point to the engine if > someone decides to question you. Ive often thought how practical these > oars are or would be working your way up or down a creek or river in > the absence of wind....all very very quitely. Just the noise of > wildlife and water rushing past the bow and the splash of the oar. > Pretty tranquile piece of old fashioned high tech. My Cal 20 came with a plywood sculling notch added above the transom. The original owner was known to take a skeptical view of outboards. I took the plywood off--it looked bad and I usually sail on and off the mooring. When I don't it's commonly because the wind is strong from the north making it hard to maneuver among other boats, and then I need the outboard's power. There are some circumstances where it would be nice to scull--those summer evenings when the wind just disappears as I'm ready to head back to the mooring. Chris Campbell >