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Wayne.B

On Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:54:26 -0500, wrote:

Back in the 60s the USCG used to take Monomoy surf boats out in crap
like that off Cape May.
That is a 26' double ender with 8 rowers and a coxswain.
It was just a tradition thing. They wanted us to understand what the
sea can do and to build teamwork.
You end up soaked and tired, longing for something with a motor.

It sure makes you appreciate that old 40 footer a lot more when you
get in one of them.

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That sounds like it would be quite a workout. I had a chance to row
a 6 man, 20 something whaleboat this summer in New Bedford, Mass. It
was around the harbor in flat water but an hour of that was very good
exercise.