02-12-2017, 01:18 PM
@ Greg - very nice work, and timely.
I've been suggesting at my rowing club that we undertake learning how to build oars for our sliding-seat Whitehall boats. They're almost all antique, and I work on the crew that maintains & restores them. New custom-made wood oars are approaching $1000 a pair (for the size boats we have, the oars are about 11' long), and I think we can make good, sturdy oars for a lot less than that.
Would you care to give a blow-by-blow account?
I've been suggesting at my rowing club that we undertake learning how to build oars for our sliding-seat Whitehall boats. They're almost all antique, and I work on the crew that maintains & restores them. New custom-made wood oars are approaching $1000 a pair (for the size boats we have, the oars are about 11' long), and I think we can make good, sturdy oars for a lot less than that.
Would you care to give a blow-by-blow account?