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Cheer~~~~the sport or pastime of propelling a boat by means of oars.😊

just a comment: this type of system disables the person to row normally. While it helps with the rear facing inefficiency, I think it would be nicer to have a reversible system.

This is the first front rowing system I have seen that seems practical. It is flexibl,e compact, and seems to work well.

Sculling is best suited for those of us who don't have both oars in the water!😊

can one order this within EU so to avoid the high VAT, custom fees? I am in Sweden.. hope to hear back from you guys and see what is possible... thanks!

Way to go ! congratulations . What a great idea . Really like the boat design too .what a great boat to sell as a kit .

Nice! Do I need to make a dedicated notch in the transom, or would a regular oar lock do just as well, you think?

Wow! Your engineering skills are unbelievable! Thank you for your design work!!

Is your cat paddling too?

В 1979 году сборная ГДР привезла на чемпионат такую/похожую одиночку. FISA не допустила лодку из-за возможности встроить механические усилители.

I have two of Ron’s FrontRowers (the rower part) that I use in canoes. Works amazingly well. I wish I had one of his boats that are designed specially for the FrontRower.

I don't understand how leg-rowing can handle the raising and feathering of the blades for the recovery stroke.

I suppose that the oars weight is on the shoulders... tiring I guess

Where to buy?

👍👍👍

... I want one!

How much? Looks fantastic

Fantastic

Great design, good looking. No bobbing bow either.

To backup your statement, when Russians came to Alaska they were impressed with native paddlers with powerful arms and shoulders. When they were seen on shore, however, their legs were short and quite small. The same physical features exist on Alaskan natives today.

Amazing. Awesome.. i will do the same

I’ve worked on this problem a number of years ago and could never have thought of such a workable and well designed system. Congratulations on your success. There’s a lot of r and D involved there.

Interesting, Does that style of rowing apply any fulcrum advantage ?

...Brilliant engineering...! Well done.

Whats with the Cajun Music? LOL

Have you marketed this canoe as a whole, or independently as rowing stations?

What was the make and model of that boat?

How so you contact you or order

Check out @t, I produce sculling notches and oars for small boats.

Check out @t, I produce sculling notches and oars for small boats.

Does the mechanism feather the oars automatically or does the tower feather the oar? I hope I make sense.

I have to say- this is great!

Ahh.into below.thanks for sharing!

Too cool!did you buy that or make it?I neeeed one!hopefully the rowing mechanism is an add on .finally found the right canoe for me.any information would be appreciated.thanks + happy holidays. Burke Wills.NC,USA.

INGENIUS!

fantastic system, I have a bad back and arthritic knees, but I think I could manage your system.

I originally posted this on a different Frontrower video, then saw the posts here. I have a Frontrower in my 40 yr old 17’ aluminum canoe. Before getting the Frontrower in Sept of 2016, that canoe had been in 3 lakes for a total of maybe 8 miles. Since then I’ve had it in over 130 different Mn lakes ( not counting frequent repeat visits to my favorite or closest spots), and several creeks & rivers. I don’t use a gps to track miles, but nearly always row around the lake hugging the shore, so guessing I’m ‘over 700 miles. It goes like a bat outta heck. It’s very efficient because 100% of your leg power is transmitted directly to the oars, so zero back stress, and you use your arms however much you want. One thing Ron’s videos don’t mention is that the oars naturally rest in the far forward position, making the outfit really versatile. I enjoy traversing chains of lakes. It’s quick & easy to switch to a kayak or canoe paddle to navigate tight spots on narrow creeks. If I’m going to be in tight quarters for a while, I can take the oars off in under 10 sec while underway. To say I enjoy it is an understatement. I was deciding between a kayak or rowing shell when I found Ron’s website. Glad I went with the Frontrower. Can’t wait for the ice to leave the lakes!

I have a Frontrower in my 40 yr old 17’ aluminum canoe. Before getting the Frontrower in Sept of 2016, that canoe had been in 3 lakes for a total of maybe 8 miles. Since then I’ve had it in over 130 different Mn lakes ( not counting frequent repeat visits to my favorite or closest spots), and several creeks & rivers. I don’t use a gps to track miles, but nearly always row around the lake hugging the shore, so guessing I’m over 700 miles. It goes like a bat outtheck. It’s very efficient because 100% of your leg power is transmitted directly to the oars, so zero back stress, and you use your arms however much you want. One thing Ron’s videos don’t mention is that the oars naturally rest in the far forward position, making the outfit really versatile. I enjoy traversing chains of lakes. It’s quick & easy to switch to a kayak or canoe paddle to navigate tight spots on narrow creeks. If I’m going to be in tight quarters for a while, I can take the oars off in under10 sec while underway. To say I enjoy it is an understatement. I was deciding between a kayak or rowing shell when I found Ron’s website. Glad I went with the Frontrower. Can’t wait for the ice to leave the lakes!

Nice design. At 0:37 you state that your speed through the water is 5 or 6 mph. Question #1 How do you measure that speed? Just prior to that at about 0:32, your video shows you passing close to green buoy "23" in 3 seconds. 18 feet (boat length) in 3 seconds is roughly 3.7 mph. The nautical charts state that currents of 1 mph can be experienced off the town of Warren, which appears to be close to marker 23. I wasn't there to measure it, but it looks like buoy 23 could be tilted over from a 1 knot current. The reason I ask is that ½ mph is fantastic increase in speed for me. I can row all day long at 4 mph, but after 5 miles at 4½ mph, I am wasted. Question #2: Do you know if anyone has installed a forward rower in a Little River Marine Heritage 18? I post a lot of my rowing on RUclips and I give a full GPS analysis of my rowing performance. Of course, rowing on a lake with no current makes it easy to analyze. GPS speed is your speed through the water. ruclips.net/video/DDruKmrLZXA/видео.html

Very interesting engineering creativity. Good problem solving.

The most informative video yet.

or you could just row in a racing shell....

fail!!!!-

very cool ..

brilliant! more opportunities for those with physical challenges. Well Done!

"shut up and take my money!" :)

well she's a bit older than that, she was built in the 80's, not the 90's :)

I like it, but then I haven't invested any of my ego in RoWinG in a very definite prescribed manner, so I suppose I don't properly know how to hate it? Certainly looks like a genuine innovation, anyway. Hope to see it taking over at the Olympics next :D

@ronrantilla LOL, what a load of bollocks. You don't get the advantage of a pivot, but rather "Pull" the blade directly akin to what you do in a canoe or kayak. Inventors and salesmen ... Yeah, it's old, but I just stumbled upon this.

absolutely awesome . . . and especially with all four independent controls of propulsion to accommodate various types of handicap persons - after viewing many good ideas on videos, and reading much on net - it took an idea this good for me to finally comment on anything... as this is my first comment ever posted after years on the net . . . wow... class act.