04-14-2010, 03:55 AM
To clearify flygoddess,
I am a big strong guy and tend to pull on my oars too hard. LOL. Must be the old sports competition metality in me. I also weigh about 220 pounds and am 6' 3". I would suppose that a lighter weight person would do fine with oars but I have found at my size that with one good pull on my oars I dip the back end in the water as the pontoons bend at the back part of the frame. I suppose a lighter stroke would fix that but I do not have that problem on my 8 foot pontoos on my Water Skeeter.
FYI I said bumblee bee early and that was wrong. My larger pontoon is a Water Skeeter. And yes, compared to my V tube it is harder to kick against the wind. I will wait till I am TubeDudes age to back down to that. (Just kidding Pat). Weather looks good the rest of the week, lets go get em!!!
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I am a big strong guy and tend to pull on my oars too hard. LOL. Must be the old sports competition metality in me. I also weigh about 220 pounds and am 6' 3". I would suppose that a lighter weight person would do fine with oars but I have found at my size that with one good pull on my oars I dip the back end in the water as the pontoons bend at the back part of the frame. I suppose a lighter stroke would fix that but I do not have that problem on my 8 foot pontoos on my Water Skeeter.
FYI I said bumblee bee early and that was wrong. My larger pontoon is a Water Skeeter. And yes, compared to my V tube it is harder to kick against the wind. I will wait till I am TubeDudes age to back down to that. (Just kidding Pat). Weather looks good the rest of the week, lets go get em!!!
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