WANTED: OARS FOR CD14

Handycat · Post by **Handycat** » May 17th, '10, 21:41

I own a CD14, but I am missing the original wood oars. They are spoon-tipped and approximately 12 feet long. Looking for a pair.

Numbah134 · Post by **Numbah134** » May 18th, '10, 10:48

Are you sure? - The brochure for the CD10 & 14 (available from the CDSOA site) indicates 7-1/2 feet for the rear position and 7 feet for the front position of a CD14. If you are actually (as one might suspect from your handle) talking about a HC14, that boat is 2 feet wider and 3 times heavier than a CD14, so perhaps oars that long are appropriate...

Handycat · Post by **Handycat** » May 18th, '10, 10:53

I'm sure that it's a CD14. I checked the brochure after the post and found out that the oars are in fact 7'6". The closest are Shaw and Tenney oars made in Maine. Thanks

Steve Laume · Post by **Steve Laume** » May 18th, '10, 20:17

I use 7&1/2' Shaw and Tennys on my CD-14. If you pick up a pair and put some nice leathers on them you will never be disappointed, Steve.

Ron Brassord · Post by **Ron Brassord** » May 23rd, '10, 08:21

we now have three of these great boats in our family.
I agree the Shaw Tenny are the best except for maybe the price. I tried making my own from laminated construction grade spruce which look nice but are too heavy. I priced real Sitka spruce and got a sticker shock at $25 a board foot. The off the shelf sport store variety are clubs. I think 8' is the ideal length for serious performance.
I bought a pair of old fiberglass Macon sculling oars for $50, which have been replaced by ultra light carbon fiber. The sculls are 9'6" with wooden hand grips about 16". I sawed off the handgrips which produced an all glass 8' oar that is perfect. I installed round oar locks with stoppers and wear protection. They are bullet proof to any abuse.
On my two boats I found that installin a 2 or 3 inch teak block on the rail to raise the oarlock base greatly improved rowing. I also moved them aft a few inches to get a longer stroke.Fixed seat rowers tell me the ideal hight of the base should be 7 1/2 inches above the top of the seat to get good clearance for the stroke.
Now I wish I could find a source for new sails better than the $8/900 quotes I'v;e goten locally. Used would be fine.
Ron B Lighthouse Point Fl.

Handycat · Post by **Handycat** » May 23rd, '10, 10:53

Hi Ron,

Check out Withum Sailmakers, www.withumsailmakers.com 7 Oakland St. Amesbury, MA 01913 (978) 388-0017. Even with shipping his prices should be nowhere near that. (I got a new Typhoon main for 450!)

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