The Yuloh & Sculling Page!
Probably the most comprehensive coverage of the subject can be found in this article reprinted from Woodenboat #100 June, '91 http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Geyser/6383/yuloh2.htm
another copy here.
As might be expected amidst the wealth of obscure information on Craig O'Donnell's "Cheap Pages" you'll find some good Yuloh stuff.http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fassitt/cranks/mar-mus_sampan.html
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fassitt/cranks/cranky_sampans.html
Ro, Ro, Ro your boat!Here's info on the Japanese Ro, with a bit of debatable hydrodynamic lift explanations.
http://www2.cc22.ne.jp/~ozwrow/ozr/waterdev/ro/roe.html
http://www2.cc22.ne.jp/~ozwrow/ozr/waterdev/ro2/rogalle.html
Mark Zeiger documents his making of a Yuloh for his Bolger Martha Jane. Check out the rest of his site while you're there.
Tom MacNaughton offers scaleable Yuloh plans for $18 http://www.csisler.com/Cruising/Notes/ScullingOars.htm
Mechanized Yuloh? Yup, a steam engine of potery and goat skin power double cargo canoes along the Niger River in West Africa. http://sites.netscape.net/bradleymichaela/stove_engine.htmlI can only get to Michael's site about half the time.
If his link doesn't work you can see the article here.
The $10 - 3 hour Yuloh! My own experiments with a yuloh for my shanty dock. Feel free to email me, David Beede simplicityboats
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