Fleet under Oar Power - a short video clip

Since publishing the previous article about Fleet and Fleet, and their respective performance under outboard power, I've been asked by several people to report on performance under oar power.

Flint was designed from the outset to be a dedicated rowing boat - the power and sailing options were after-thoughts. She rows beautifully in my biased opinion.

Fleet on the other hand has a hull-form which is not optimised for rowing, but because of her light-weight and lean hull, she does got surprisingly well - certainly much better than the typical aluminium outboard skiff (they are about as bad to row as you could imagine - even compared with an inflatable!

Here is Fleet in the only worthwhile clip I possess:-

Next is a nice clip from a Flint builder in Italy (I think) - such a pleasant little clip:-

These two clips should be viewed in the context of the previous post if you haven't read it already