Thursday, September 1, 2005

how long should oars be

Hi I am building an 8ft rowing boat I am 5ft 11inches,how long should the oars be is there a scale measurement,ta.
bogsdolics.

2 comments:

  1. Hi I found a ratio for oar size hold on here goes ; measure  the beem between the oar locks  in inches ; divide by 2 ; add 2 inches divide by 7 ; muliply by 25 . there . and another way is twice the beem and then theres one and a half times the beem plus the handel lengh.and lastly I was told make them very long then try them and keep cutting the lengh till your happy with then.I will use the first equation now I need a lie down,  bogsdolics.

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  2. Wow, that's impressive. I think I'll stick with, "the longest that will completely fit inside the boat when unshipped."   Frank

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