Originally Posted By: LoweDown
i have seen a couple broken cataracts but it's rare. the main idea behind having a spare in the boat is if you jam your oar into/behind a rock in fast moving water, it can catch, lever upward, spread your oar lock and pop out of the boat.


Or broaching a log that spins you around popping out the oar but I wouldn't know nothing about any of that.
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