Emrick

What a joy this site is. My Spindrift 10N is about ready to be wired into a hull, and I've been looking for take apart oars ever since seeing the very cool stowage solution by Rich Henry I believe. Anyway, you folks just steered me to Defender, where I purchased the take apart oars, bronze oarlocks, and mounts for about a hundred dollars delivered. Thank you.

Thank you Frank for the links to answers. I will try to improve my search skills in the future. And Thank You Garry for sharing your design. It looks simple, bulletproof, and requires no holes in the hull. I'll use it, probably with two bolts at the top.

In preparation for building a nesting Spindrift 10, I've been having some bad dreams trying to envision joining the two halves in the water next to our mothership. I see myself, or my wife!, kneeling in the aft half, water pouring in through 1/4 inch holes, while I fumble with five small bolts and wingnuts, ten washers and ten rubber grommets, line up the holes and actually bring the two halves together. What am I missing here? Surely these problems have been worked out and a simple system exists, but I haven't found answers here on the forum. So if someone out there would please wake me up, I'll get on with it and hopefully become a contributor to this site.