MattCat
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- Oct 20, 2016
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I would like some advice for STRONG oarlock. Round, 2 1/4 diameter, 1/2" shaft. I have now broken two bronze and one galvanized. Rowing a 15' Chesapeake Light Craft Chester Yawl with 7 1/2 foot Shaw & Tenney flat oars (not spoon)
The bronze ones have bent at top of shaft and then finally break. Yesterday a galvanized oarlock just snapped at the same place on the second pull from stand still.
And seriously, how much strain can this 68 y.o. 165 lb retiree put on an oar lock ? Sure, trying to perfect the Thames Waterman's Stroke, but still, snapping oarlocks ?
Certainly someone must make something that can withstand a few foot-pounds of pull.
TIA
The bronze ones have bent at top of shaft and then finally break. Yesterday a galvanized oarlock just snapped at the same place on the second pull from stand still.
And seriously, how much strain can this 68 y.o. 165 lb retiree put on an oar lock ? Sure, trying to perfect the Thames Waterman's Stroke, but still, snapping oarlocks ?
Certainly someone must make something that can withstand a few foot-pounds of pull.
TIA
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