My pre-owned P19 came with oarlock sockets and a pair of ash two-piece oars, very long, beautifully balanced, and trimmed with brass and leather -- and a story. the story is: The original owner liked to go out early in the morning and didn't like to wake up live-aboards on the neighboring yachts by firing up the outboard. He would row the P19 out of the marina, a half mile or so, out into the channel before starting the motor.
I've never used them myself, but I did set them up just to see what it was like. The two-piece oars are quite long, so they can reach down to the water without the handles being too high up to row comfortably. The oarlock sockets are mounted on the outboard vertical wall of the cockpit coaming, with a small, angled wooden block to make them perfectly vertical. The top of the socket is flush with the top of the coaming. The oarlock itself is attached to the oar. The oars fit under the cockpit rails.
The boat also came with simple seat for rowing -- a varnished 2 x 8 which is fits across the cockpit from side to side; you place it across the seats up against the bulkhead and row facing aft.
I carry them stowed aboard (out of the way, under the port cabinet and vberth) as a third propulsion system just in case both the wind and the outboard die. And if the rudder were to break, I could use them like a canoe-ing "stern rudder stoke" to steer pretty effectively.
Fair winds,
Judy B
1985 WWP-19 #266 Redwind
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From: Bill Blohm[SMTP:bblohm@hpbs1686.boi.hp.com]
Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 2:56 PM
To: wwpotter@tscnet.com
Subject: Re: Oarlocks for a P-15
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Ken,
I've got a P-19, but am also interested in carrying oars. I was
thinking of using straps by prusik knots around the cockpit rails,
but have yet to try it. I, too, would prefer to row standing but
in my cockpit this would require standing just forward of the tiller
and back enough from the cabin not to hit it. This might be an issue
if I have passengers, but they can sit with their backs to the cabin
easily enough. My main problem is the size of the oars and how I'd
stow them while sailing. The tiller is easy: tiller tamer or raise
it.
Like you, I don't trust my iron sail. It's somewhat recalcitrant,
but I know that's due to operator error last season. I've always
carried two paddles and put any passengers to work. :-) That's
awkward at best, though: too much freeboard for a comfortable
paddle. I could extend the paddle, but....
If you get any pointers to sites showing recommendations for oars
and mounting for oarlocks, I'd be most appreciative as well.
Bill B.
P-19 #454, Dream Catcher
Nampa, ID
Ken Preston wrote:
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> Ok, so I now have the yellow boat at home (still working on a name) and it
> only took $8 in quarters at the Kenmore carwash to get the great bulk of the
> green slime off. . .it's really a pretty nice boat underneath! The boat
> does have cockpit rails (1982 or 3 vintage I think) but does not have
> oarlocks. I'll be by myself a lot, don't trust motors and don't always end
> up with enough wind, so want oars, maybe set up to row standing facing
> forward, but. . .does anybody have photos showing how best (?) to do it?
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> Thanks,
> Ken Preston
> Bainbridge Island, WA