More on Coastal Hopping

In a previous blog, PicoMicroYacht was compared to ocean rowing boats, the point made that the low freeboard of the PicoMicroYacht made it suitable for coastal rowing, with the ocean rowing boats having too much windage.

There is an alternative, including specially designed low freeboard cabin rowing boats. These can be bought in kit form, made of wood. They combine rowing using a sliding seat and a sailing system.

An example is the Fearing coastal cruiser available in the USA and UK.

This is about 23 foot long, double the length of PicoMicroYacht, and well set up for rowing.

Plans for the Faering Coastal Cruiser produced by Chesapeake Light Craft in the USA.

I imagine it would glide along quite smoothly under oar, although in any wind it would tend to be sailed.

The Fyne Fearing Coastal Cruiser

Of course, a boat of this size could not be dragged up a shingle shore singlehandedly, portaged round a lock or turned on it's side and slid through the gap between a gate and a fence, the sort of thing that has enabled PicoMicoYacht to access places that other boats might not go.

If I could buy several boats, this would definitely be on my list.