The launch of Onawind Blue
Ben Crawshaw launched his Light Trow this weekend to wide acclaim – not least on the Tarragona beach where Onawind Blue first began to fulfill her destiny. Here’s a quotation from his excellent and entertaining weblog, The Invisible Workshop:
‘As the last wave of a big set broke we ran forward and into the surf, Onawind Blue’s bows skimmed over the sea and smashed through the white water. As we got out of our depth I hopped in and stood to the oars. OB responded immediately and her bow rose high over the next wave. She pulled away like a thoroughbred amid whooping and cheers from the beach and then we were on the outside and I evened up my stroke and headed out to sea.
‘She was a joy to row, comfortable, settled, surefooted and fast. Later people commented that they couldn’t believe how rapidly I was reduced to a speck. A smooth straight wake with no white water and no eddies spread behind us like a ribbon over the sea.’
It’s well worth visiting The Invisible Workshop, not least for the snatch of video, which clearly shows the kind of water Ben and his boat were so happy in, even on their first time out.
For more on the Light Trow and its ancestor the Fleet Trow:
‘Phwoar!’, says Light Trow builder Ben Crawshaw
Download the FREE BOAT PLANS for the Light Trow plans here:
http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/gavin/lighttrow/trow.zip
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