I think I remember this being discussed before, and I will dig in the
archives, but does anyone know the "proper" length for oars for a P15? Thanks!
John Haley
P15 #391 Morgan
Rochester NY
At 12:59 PM 10/20/98 -0600, Magills wrote:
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
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> My son and I lost our prop while sailing/fishing Strawberry Res. this
>summer.
>Fortunately I had 8' oars stowed in the cabin. We easily rowed the mile
>from camp to the marina. With my son at the forward aspect of the cockpit
>faceing aft and I in the aft portion of the cockpit faceing forward, we
>were able to double team the oars with surprising ease and impressive
>speed. It's a bit more work for one , and somewhat difficult if heading
>into the wind with heavy chop however. By the way if you break a shear
>pin, you may need to reuse the stock carter key. The replacement shear
>pins I purchased from West Marine provided a carter key with a shaft dia.
>too narrow to lock the prop to the shaft.
>
> Brent & Mike Magill
> Roy, Ut
> "Seaira" 2270
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>
John Haley
Systems Manager
Administration and Finance
SUNY Geneseo
haley@sgenaa.cc.geneseo.edu
716.245.5548