#575101 - 01/22/10 02:45 PM
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Dude, where's my boat?
Registered: 11/05/00
Posts: 2354
Loc: Seattle
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$ is tight and looking to get my raft rigged up. Anyone with an extra set of solid 8.5 Oars shoot me a PM and Pic and Price...cheers
Thanks to a solid dude and great guide Mr Bret Lowe I now have my oars...now I need to hire him to teach me how to row...cheers
Edited by summerrun (01/22/10 11:28 PM)
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#575126 - 01/22/10 04:21 PM
Re: WTB 9' Oars for new raft
[Re: LoweDown]
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 10/09/09
Posts: 182
Loc: Coast Range OR.
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I got a set of sawyer's sitting in my garage that I hang on to because everybody say's I should carry a spare.
Anybody ever break a cataract ?
Any thought's on this. ?
I'd give em away dirt cheap to someone in need depending on response.
I am In oregon but up that way quite often.
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#575141 - 01/22/10 04:53 PM
Re: WTB 9' Oars for new raft
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Dude, where's my boat?
Registered: 11/05/00
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Loc: Seattle
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You are right LD, for the raft I have 8.5 is what you and others recommend and what I will get...cheers
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#575144 - 01/22/10 04:59 PM
Re: WTB 9' Oars for new raft
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 10/09/09
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i have seen a couple broken cataracts but it's rare. the main idea behind having a spare in the boat is if you jam your oar into/behind a rock in fast moving water, it can catch, lever upward, spread your oar lock and pop out of the boat.
having a spare at the ready allows you get through the rest of the rapid in one piece and chase down the oar you lost.
in any case i still think 9'ers are too long for a raft, but that's just my opinion. Thank's never thought abought it that way, alway's just assumed it was a broken oar deal. Stuck em before but never enough to rip em out. Maybe I should be carryin one.
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#575146 - 01/22/10 05:10 PM
Re: WTB 9' Oars for new raft
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Dude, where's my boat?
Registered: 11/05/00
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Loc: Seattle
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What about oar tethers?
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#575156 - 01/22/10 05:28 PM
Re: WTB 9' Oars for new raft
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Registered: 11/06/03
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Loc: Port Angeles
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i have seen a couple broken cataracts but it's rare. the main idea behind having a spare in the boat is if you jam your oar into/behind a rock in fast moving water, it can catch, lever upward, spread your oar lock and pop out of the boat.
having a spare at the ready allows you get through the rest of the rapid in one piece and chase down the oar you lost.
in any case i still think 9'ers are too long for a raft, but that's just my opinion. Thank's never thought abought it that way, alway's just assumed it was a broken oar deal. Stuck em before but never enough to rip em out. Maybe I should be carryin one. ask tbird about that
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#575165 - 01/22/10 05:46 PM
Re: WTB 9' Oars for new raft
[Re: summerrun]
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Registered: 01/08/07
Posts: 2199
Loc: Bainbridge Island
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I use tethers on my boat and have yet to have to need them, but I still carry a spare. They are just a little insurance. just in case. -T
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#575170 - 01/22/10 06:28 PM
Re: WTB 9' Oars for new raft
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i have seen a couple broken cataracts but it's rare. the main idea behind having a spare in the boat is if you jam your oar into/behind a rock in fast moving water, it can catch, lever upward, spread your oar lock and pop out of the boat. Or broaching a log that spins you around popping out the oar but I wouldn't know nothing about any of that.
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