Oarlocks

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Hi all, I am building a 16'+ row boat beam 45 " and am looking for some realy nice oarlocks . can anyone point me in the right direction . Most of my rowing will be on salt water in procted area,s. Alos are sleaves of the new bearing plastics being used as yet , or are all oarlocks still metal to metal? King regards Mike

-- Mike Henry (mike1@jaywalk.com), September 07, 2004

Answers

Hi,

I have a page with links to oar and oarlock suppliers:

http://www.geocities.com/garylambda/OarSuppliers.html

-Gary-

-- Gary Powell (gwpowell@hotmail.com), September 07, 2004.


Mike,

I suggest you check out the Pearson Surf Dory website at www.pearsonunlimited.com

They have some GREAT oarlocks that I use in my saltwater surfboat.

Rich Schlatter Director New Jersey State Rowing Championships www.vikingpromotions.com/njsrc

-- Rich Schlatter (rich@vikingpromotions.com), September 07, 2004.


Hi all, I am building a 16'+ row boat beam 45 " and am looking for some realy nice oarlocks . can anyone point me in the right direction . Most of my rowing will be on salt water in procted area,s. Alos are sleaves of the new bearing plastics being used as yet , or are all oarlocks still metal to metal? King regards ----------------------- Mike, If you're going to be feathering you may want to look into Concept2's setup. They have plastic oarcages that rotate on a 13mm pin. And also sleeves for the oar that fit, with a pitch adjustment system. http://www.concept2.com/products/oars/whatsnew.asp best, Ed Atkeson

-- Ed Atkeson (edatkeson@earthlink.net), September 08, 2004.

Mike,

Return to the homepage www.openwater.com and look at the center of the page. Click on Dick Hamly's special report on oarlocks. Lots of good information.

Michael

-- Michael Kaspareck (kasparek@widomaker.com), September 08, 2004.


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