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  • Category: Rowing
  • Founded: Jul 31, 2006
  • Language: English
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514 Tom Murphy
tmurphy156 Send Email
Aug 25, 2011
3:58 pm
I new I could count on u to correct my spelling! :) thanks. We buy and sell all kinds of row boats at BBRC. I saw this skua on craigs list in Baltimore!! Pay...
515 Steve Bergeron
s_m_bergeron Send Email
Aug 25, 2011
4:12 pm
What fun! -another congrats in order. You both deserve a hearty cheer. Steve ... From: Tom Murphy <tmurphy156@...> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 8:20...
516 bbrs-owner@yahoogroup... Send Email Aug 25, 2011
4:34 pm
Harris I read with interest the report from 72 year old Tom.  I too got encouragement from you about five years ago to row. I went from a dingy to various...
517 Tom Murphy
tmurphy156 Send Email
Aug 25, 2011
4:45 pm
Hi Ron, Love your story and age. gives me hope.My sons are taking an interest. You would be in the middle of Pack with all the Wipper Snappers!! no dout. You...
518 wilson
ltwaltwilson Send Email
Aug 25, 2011
4:56 pm
Bravo! ww...
519 wilson
ltwaltwilson Send Email
Aug 25, 2011
4:58 pm
Double Bravos!...
520 wilson
ltwaltwilson Send Email
Aug 25, 2011
5:02 pm
I concur. Maybe one of these days I will come back home to play. ww...
521 Steve Bergeron
s_m_bergeron Send Email
Sep 10, 2011
5:03 am
I found a piantedosi rig on craigslist. Regarding where to place it in the hull: Would I just line up the rigger arm with my fixed seat oarlock position or...
522 bbrs-owner@yahoogroup... Send Email Sep 10, 2011
1:45 pm
i have printed intructionss from Gary Piantadosi regarding your question. what boat or canoe do you have? for solo he has a formula (MIT geek!) and a diagram....
523 Steve Bergeron
s_m_bergeron Send Email
Sep 10, 2011
2:36 pm
This will be an interesting experience. I have a 17 foot alumacraft camper freight canoe. steve ... From: bbrs-owner@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September...
524 tromper45@... Send Email Sep 10, 2011
4:21 pm
I set up a few. You don't usually get it right the first time. I use the center of the seat travel and center it to the center of buoyancy. If the hull is...
525 Steve Bergeron
s_m_bergeron Send Email
Sep 22, 2011
11:09 pm
I finally got to try the scout rig I got a few weeks ago. I am Absolutely lacking the rowing grace neccessary to make it function at anywhere near what it is...
526 bbrs-owner@yahoogroup... Send Email Oct 6, 2011
11:02 pm
i was asked to find a home for a Naus/Robinson Surfboat. "needs work". i havent seen the boat. its local, in NJ. these are the wooden boats that row circles...
527 Steve Bergeron
s_m_bergeron Send Email
Oct 8, 2011
3:28 am
I want to attach "d" sleeves to a pair of fancy oars to fit a concept 2 lock. I don't want to use martinelli sleeves because they seem to have less...
528 wilson walter
ltwaltwilson Send Email
Oct 8, 2011
7:03 am
Now that is a prize. If I were on the east coast I would be all over it. That was my favorite boat when I worked the beach. WW From:...
529 bbrs-owner@yahoogroup... Send Email Oct 25, 2011
1:21 am
check our newly listed items. user name = NJSURFBOAT . ...
530 bbrs-owner@yahoogroup... Send Email Nov 20, 2011
3:39 am
Join us on Facebook. "open water rower" . Great for discussion format etc.. lets keep both going, but I see Facebook representing the future....
531 Steve Bergeron
s_m_bergeron Send Email
Nov 28, 2011
6:06 am
Does anyone have any info on a blow molded fiberglass seat with rigger arms molded to it, and a foot stretcher attached with webbing? I think it was an old...
532 gunkholer@...
dovekie107 Send Email
Nov 30, 2011
12:01 pm
Hey Steve - I don't have info on the Old Town rig, but I have a rig very similar to what you've described. It came with the 16' Graham wherry I got early last...
533 bbrs-owner@yahoogroup... Send Email Dec 23, 2011
3:09 am
Even though I prefer a waterrower 2 to 1 over C2s, I saw the model E for the first time at a local gym today and had to check it out online. the height is...
534 bbrs-owner@yahoogroup... Send Email Feb 19, 2012
2:51 am
I read both his books. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/us/john-fairfax-who-rowed-across-oceans-dies-at-74.html?hpw...
535 Edward Brown
edscull@... Send Email
Feb 20, 2012
10:29 pm
Yes, I read both his both books; great reading indeed! To: bbrs@yahoogroups.com From: bbrs-owner@yahoogroups.com Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:51:40 +0000 Subject:...
536 bbrs-owner@yahoogroup... Send Email Mar 16, 2012
12:16 pm
Near bottom of page. http://pbycnj.com/raftup/3-12.pdf...
537 bbrs-owner@yahoogroup... Send Email Mar 28, 2012
6:11 pm
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/article_8a5a8038-2523-11e1-92d0-001871e3ce6c.html...
538 gunkholer@...
dovekie107 Send Email
Mar 30, 2012
10:34 am
I lifegaurded in NJ and Fla. for 7 years and never used one in a rescue. To be honest most rescues take place very close to shore and don't require a surfboat....
539 Steve Bergeron
s_m_bergeron Send Email
Apr 1, 2012
6:42 pm
If you are using spoons, are you running them in Latanzo type square locks and D looms or not? Steve...
540 bbrs-owner@yahoogroup... Send Email Apr 2, 2012
1:18 am
Ive always had a dislike for spoon blade oars in any application. The national class surfboats use them, but it has more to do with feathering in breaking...
541 bbrs-owner@yahoogroup... Send Email Apr 2, 2012
1:27 am
the only application that works with D shaped shafts and lantanzo or alden D shaped oarlocks is with sculling oars where the oars are 9# feet long and close to...
542 gunkholer@...
dovekie107 Send Email
Apr 4, 2012
10:50 am
Hey Steve, I have 2 pair of 7 1/2' spoons - one pair (S&T) are round shafted and I use them in open "horn type" locks in my 18' Needlefish (a plywood knock off...
543 Steve Bergeron
s_m_bergeron Send Email
Apr 4, 2012
2:15 pm
Thanks...
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