I have a question for B-run and ronbob.
If you don't use oar rites, how do you keep the boat from swinging back and forth when you are anchored in some current, backing eggs or lures down into a hole? I saw a tip on this board last fall that said if you leave the oars in the water with the blades vertical you won't swing as much. It works. So what do you do if you only have a ring as an oar stop?