tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919094178463029114.post6001424164596984899..comments2024-03-25T12:56:50.867+00:00Comments on ROWING FOR PLEASURE: Thole pinsChris Partridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919094178463029114.post-53712360949978314732010-11-08T15:18:10.753+00:002010-11-08T15:18:10.753+00:00Dear Chris,
I noticed the picture of a thole pin,...Dear Chris,<br /><br />I noticed the picture of a thole pin, from a traditional Spanish fishing boat. During my childhood and youth (in the 1950' ies). I rowed my mother to town, and myself for pleasure and fishing in a "pram" . (see the vikingboat museum in Roskilde for a picture) On that boat as most small boats on the norwegian south coast at that time, we used double thole pins with oars running free between them. We called them tollepinner and the pair and the clamp tolleganger) For rowing in rough seas and coastal waters I still find that they are vastly superior to any other solution I have tried. With best regards, Lars H. BackerLars H. Backerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573681135237920906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919094178463029114.post-16873636940170150802010-11-08T15:15:06.639+00:002010-11-08T15:15:06.639+00:00Dear Chris,
I noticed the picture of a single tho...Dear Chris,<br /><br />I noticed the picture of a single thole pin, from a traditional Spanish fishing boat. During my childhood and youth (in the 1950' ies). I rowed my mother to town, and myself for pleasure and fishing in a "pram" . (see the vikingboat museum in Roskilde for a picture) On that boat as most small boats on the norwegian south coast at that time, we used double thole pins with oars running free between them. We called them "tollepinner" and the pair and the clamp "tolleganger") For rowing in rough seas and coastal waters I still find that they are vastly superior to any other solution I have tried. With best regards, Lars H. BackerLars H. Backerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573681135237920906noreply@blogger.com