One Sheet Baby Boat, Part 3 - Rowing with one Passenger

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This is pretty rough unedited footage, but still shows very well what I wanted to demonstrate.
The shots of boarding the boat from the dock look like something out of a slapstick movie, but we managed to get seated without any major problems. Surprisingly, the seating arrangement also worked well for two adults without the need to remove the middle seat. To place the feet comfortably takes some arrangement, but is quite doable.
The second half of the shots with swapped positions clearly show who is the better rower. My friend Markus (who I would like to thank again for inviting me to this charming place to make this footage -- also shout-out to his son an daughter for the camera work) has always enjoyed rowing and was surprised how quickly we progressed even with two people on board. He rowed two-thirds of the length of this small lake briskly back and forth (about 800 m) without making much effort.
As a conclusion, I can say that the boat with two people on board on a beautiful summer day like this one on this small lake proved itself quite well under these particular circumstances. Still, it should be remembered that this is more of a water toy and therefore the range of use is very limited.
Now for the bare facts: Displacement is 170 kg (crew 85 + 65 kg, boat weight 16 kg + 4 kg oars) with 21.7 cm freeboard, which would result in 20.2 cm freeboard for the 244 x122 cm sheet variant.
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