We will be rowing in Youlettes at Canal du Midi, and so have been focusing our training on long outings in the Hutton's fleet of Youlettes, at Hartebeespoort.
It's quite a production to tow all the boats down and then get everybody into them, but an early trip along the length of the dam to the Yacht Club for breakfast is quite something!
Tim and Wendy own several 4's including a large seagoing Youlette which feels much like its smaller cousins on the water!
You can row for nearly 20km's around the dam if you try!
The Youlette's are light in the water, but just try carrying one! For those of us used to light Empacher shells, it was quite a shock! At that point we began worrying about what exactly we had gotten ourselves into, with all that portaging to come! Wendy and Tim run what they term 'Adventure Rowing' tours in their boats all over Southern Africa from this site www.adventurerow.co.za.
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