I am very new to paddle and keep making tedious mistakes, I am hoping someone can take pity and point me in the right direction.
I now have a hull and paddle boxes, I also now have a pair of paddle wheels, the next major leap is for the motors and the drive.
I have looked at the MFA site but its all numbers, do I go for a pair of geared motors or reduce via an external train, belt or gears ?
It's my first boat so I am looking for simple answers that won't cost me a fortune.
The boat is the paddle tug Forceful and she is just under 39'' long.
A bit like the paddles that I made from a drg. by Dave Metcalf, 1/8'' sq brass he suggested, I gave up after an hour. I found an article here about making them from styrene, so I did using 2mm thick sheet and a circle cutter (use it backwards - the rear is like a chisel, the front a knife) Also turn the material - not the cutter, also a carpenters scratch gauge for the parallel strips, they took me about five hours and cost me £1.50 for the pair.
Colin
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