You definitely have to stand when using the extended oars and it’s still a challenge to keep the blades in the water. Storing them inside the cabin is cumbersome. Again it was an ‘interesting’ experiment only lacking a positive outcome. But we continue to tinker away …
Bob Garrant
s/v Sail la Vie 2000/2017

On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 2:39 PM Rick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:

> The bigger question is where would you sit?  And where would you keep the
> huge oars?
>
> Regards,
>
> Rick Lange
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 2:34 PM Scott Andrews via Rhodes22-list <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>
> > Has anyone ever installed oar locks on their Rhodes?
> > Scott, 86’ Pantalaimon
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Aug 19, 2021, at 8:16 AM, Luis Guzman <luis.guzman.ve at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > You can propel the boat by moving the tiller back and forth. Though,
> It
> > is a lot of work.
> > >
> > > S/V Aquetxali
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > >> On Aug 19, 2021, at 12:18 AM, Larry Gioia via Rhodes22-list <
> > rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for the suggestion!
> > >>
> > >> Yeah wind had basically died
> > >>
> > >> I’m trying to picture it, I’ll try it! Not sure my trolling motor is
> > long enough
> > >>
> > >> Larry
> > >>
> > >>>> On Aug 18, 2021, at 6:57 AM, ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> 
> > >>> Larry,
> > >>>
> > >>> 2 questions:
> > >>>
> > >>> Was there no wind so you could just sail the remaining 1.5 miles?
> > >>> Why didn’t you just clamp the trolling motor onto the rudder head,
> > lower it all the way down, turn it 90 deg, & use the rudder to point the
> > thrust?  You might have to kick-up the rudder blade to get it to clear
> the
> > trolling motor’s prop.
> > >>>
> > >>> Roger Pihlaja
> > >>> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> > >>>
> > >>> Sent from Mail for Windows
> > >>>
> > >>> From: Larry Gioia via Rhodes22-list
> > >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 8:27 PM
> > >>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> > >>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] There’s probably a better way...
> > >>>
> > >>> ... but this is what came to mind.
> > >>> My Mercury outboard unexpectedly stopped a month ago while returning
> > but still 1.5 miles away from the dock with a boatload of people. It was
> > fine before and since.
> > >>>
> > >>> I keep a 55# thrust trolling motor on board just in case but between
> > people and motorboat waves there was no way I’d be able to safely swap
> the
> > 2 motors. I eventually got the motor restarted but it got me to thinking.
> > So I made this bracket for the trolling motor. It will stay attached.
> Fire
> > away with better ideas.
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> > >>> Larry
> > >>>
> > >>> —
> > >>>
> > >>> 2014 R22 Language of Love
> > >>>
> > >>> Lake George, NY
> > >>>
> >
> >
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