Skerries Currach Short Film | Traditional Irish boat building 

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Cheers George, glad you like it.

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Super, enjoy the trip.

Likely purchased from a lumber yard unfamiliar with boat building?

That's it, idea is to prevent waves hitting the blades with too much force

the narrow blade DOES prevent 'catching a crab' and also reduces the affect of wind on the uplifted oar blade, but the curach oar actually has as much - or more - wetted-surface area than a conventional oar blade. (each oar of my 21' Kerry Naomhog has 108 square inches wsa) the loose fit of the thole pin in the oar creates an offset of 3°-5°, which means that the oar enters and leaves the water with minimal turbulence, and during the 'power stroke' the blade acts like an airplane wing : the water flows across the front* (flat) and rear (curved) surfaces at different speeds. this laminar flow provides additional thrust - so you're literally getting more performance out of the oar than the mere effort of pulling a first-class lever. Truly cutting-edge performance from a simple design! Here on the west coast of Canada We've been building curachai (mostly naomhoga, but I've also built a few Aran boats) and experimenting with their design and performance for around 20 years.

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Andy, the group has nearly completed their third boat, this one has ribs made of nature willow spars

@@MarkBroderickVideos I'm interested in the woods used. So the willow is used because of the flex?

@@andyquinn1125 yes, and it's ability to bend to form the curved shape

There are no plans as such, but there ARE sources which list the materials and measurements, and explain the sequence of construction. 1)Byde, Allan, St Caoman. 2 part article in AFLOAT! Magazine. Part One: September 1993, Part Two; May 1994. 2.Hornell, James, the Curraghs of Ireland. 1973. The Society for Nautical Research c/o the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. (Reprint of 3 articles which first appeared in The Mariner’s Mirror issues of January 1937, April 1937 and January 1938. These vids show most of the construction sequence: (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E1uTlZH2HJ8.html (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tq0nmVVokrU.html ..and here are two builder's journals on FB: (facebook.com/robert.j.macdonald.31/media_set?set=a.10151463551720194&type=3 (facebook.com/robert.j.macdonald.31/media_set?set=a.10151504287080194&type=3 Good Luck!

I bought a copy of the old book (no longer in print) on Amazon “British coracles and Irish curraghs” it's available now in PDF format online under ; www.texascoritani.com/British_Coracles_and_Irish_Curraghs.pdf , a great reference and well worth the look.It has all the plans in reduced format but with dimensions.You can see more of these on my website WWW.IRISHHARPS.NET/BOATBUILDING or on www.boynemarine.com

@@janmuylllaert4266 thanks very much. I found it quite difficult finding worthwhile details but the link you included is great i look forward to reading it and will look up your web site too.

Try a book called the Boyne Currach

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