Well, I busted one last weekend...though the failure was not in the oar, it was in the oarlock on my boat...should have popped out when it got pinned between a rock and the boat in heavy water, but the oarlock is too tight for that shaft, evidently...though it was pretty fun pretending I was Huck Finn rowing a raft with one paddle standing up in the middle of the boat to get it out of the white water on the Sol Duc!

Only permanent damage, I think, besides the oar shaft was to SkyGuy's delicate psyche...the only thing worse than being down an oar in heavy whitewater and rowing with one paddle canoe style is being in front seat and having nothing to do but watch and hope!

Fish on...

Todd

P.S. Made it to shore just fine, and had a spare shaft in the boat (and spare blades, of course), so we only were out of the game for about five minutes, none the worse for wear