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Oars?

This began as a challenge from a buddy with a Freya to try going engineless. It went from a "I wonder what would happen" to, "hey this might work." I think in a dead calm I can get her up to a knot fairly well, but its a workout. The real advantage comes in going in and out of the slip!

These blocks are made of Trex plastic composite lumber pieces glued together. This turned out to preclude the need for sleeves since they seem to...

When the blades are in the water the oar handles are an inch or two apart. When the blades are up out of the water, the handles overlap a few inches.

To get an idea of what size would work I played with a plywood blade and pvc pipe. I got a good idea of the length, but when I pulled on them they...

11 foot Carlisle whitewater rafting oars. It takes a while but with a little effort I can get the 4 tons going maybe a knot. Certainly ok for a calm...

Pulling or turn around and push. With the tiller between the legs it is easy to steer while pushing.

These are 11 foot Carlisle oars, made for whitewater rafting. They are very strong, made of aluminum with a plastic covering. Beware they will...

The block for the oar lock is made of three layers of 1" dense plastic lumber called Trex, through-bolted to coaming. The use of Trex is...

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