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1960 yellowboat · Aug 20, 2019

Back when I was in my teens and cars had fins, there were advertisements in Outdoor Life about a trolling fin that you clamped to the transom of a small boat.
It was shaped like the fin of a fish and you moved it back and forth to propel your boat.
Anybody have or remember there things?

LDUBS · Aug 20, 2019

Here is one. I'm sure it works great. :shock:

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DaleH · Aug 20, 2019

Yeah, I remember those. The technique is called ‘sculling’ and one can mount a single oar lock at the 1/3rd of the stern and do the same thing.

Kismet · Aug 20, 2019

And then there is the GONDOLA fleet in Venice, Italy...seems to work for them, but I've never seen the bottom of the hulls, nor if they have a keel or a rudder.

I'd imagine a spare oarlock at the transom would make the whole venture a lot easier.

Maybe some flats fishermen have rigged something like this up.

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