Oars on river boat

[akwolverine]

I bought a 16 ' wooldridge & plan to use it on the kuskokwim & tributaries . wanted to know if I should have oars mounted.

[Akgramps]

I bought a 16 ' wooldridge & plan to use it on the kuskokwim & tributaries . wanted to know if I should have oars mounted.

Not unless you R the Hulk..............!
Seriously, they will be of liitle value going up stream........., maybe use full if you do a bunch of drifting, most guys carry a paddle or two, handy to get a disabled boat to shore, pretty darn hard to row a riverboat, is this a open boat? or does it have a windshield? A lot of older Jon style boats had oarlocks.....but ...Woolys are heavy in comparison.

[wiso_67]

I put a set of oars on my 18/52 alweld and I can mauever the boat fairly well when I drift, doest turn on a dime but its manueverable. and I know I could row and control the boat in case of power failure or other emergency situation, but my boat is a lighter flatbottom.

[akwolverine]

It is a open boat

[ironartist]

yes, mount them so you can manuver the boat from the bow thats where the guides mount them in to drift the rivers in this area

[kzimin]

Hi I am curious what oar locks those are? I am looking to get some for my 1852 jon boat. I think those would work out nice.

Thanks

[Music Man]

look at the date on that post!

[Doug in Alaska]

Carry a couple paddles, you'll be far better off.

[yanert]

Besides two long canoe paddles I have long pike pole mounted on one gunnel. I use the pike pole far more often than the paddles.

[ElectricDyck]

I had a 16 foot roll up inflatable with a 60/40 jet, I installed proper rowing towers and got some 8 foot oars...boat weight was 650lbs plus 2 guys and in all but the slowest water the oars were pretty useless...there was no way to back row and direct yourself out of the outside bend of the river, I had to fire up the jet to keep from hitting the bank and maneuver around sweepers.