Thanks for this tip - Ocean South USA website, oars selection - pretty reasonable prices for 2-piece utility oars with some shape to the blade: https://oceansouth.us/product-category/oars-paddles-boathooks/oars/ Duckworks has XPL Oars, the very high end at 8-10X the cost, carbon fiber with basswood grips: https://duckworks.com/xpl-oars/ Duckworks used to sell oar ferrules for converting one-piece oars to two-piece but now they only appear to have smaller ferrules for double-bladed paddles. Might be big enough for smaller shaft oars? cheers, John On 1/6/24 20:39, Rusty Knorr via montgomery_boats wrote:
The oars from Duckworks are really nice, I think they call them Xploars or something like that. Reasonably priced if a remember. www.rustyknorr.weebly.com
On Jan 6, 2024, at 8:10 PM, Don Bryson via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Hi Jim, I use inexpensive 9’ oars from Ocean South. They are two-piece aluminum. 10’ oars are recommended but the longest oars from Ocean South are 9’. I think they work fine and are easy to stow below. I can send you photos and specs separately if you want. Don BrysonNanettePort Townsend, WA
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On Saturday, January 6, 2024, 7:29 PM, Jim Sadler <jimsadler@jascopacific.com> wrote:
Any of you skippers using oars on M15? How long are they? Where do you sit? Where are oar locks located?
I want to be environmentally correct
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