"Bruce" wrote in message
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And, as usual you are toe dancing all around the subject.. You are the
one who stated, in your intrepid way that oars should fit inside the
boat... When I objected saying that wasn't the main criteria in
selecting oars you argued. Now you are saying that you don't need 12
foot oars to row a 8 ft. boat.... Probably not but the main criteria,
that the oars need to, as I said, reach the water, still hasn't
changed.

In other words, one selects ones oars to fit one's physical shape,
fitness and the size, mainly the width, of the boat. If they should
fit inside the boat then lucky you but it is rather unworldly to say
it is logical to saw off a perfectly good set of oars just to fit them
inside the boat.


Let it go. You LOST when I posted the expert on the subject, that
world-renowned cruising sailor Eric Hiscock.

If the oars won't fit into the length of the dinghy they are too long for
the job. It just doesn't get any simpler than that.


Wilbur Hubbard