Dinghy oars

[Plum]

I've had a few inflatables over the years - as I am sure many of us have - and the weak point with all of them seems to be the oars. Any I have had weaken then break at the joint where the two aluminium tubes join together and I don't know how to pick a stronger pair - they all look the same.
My present improvised solution is thin aluminium strips around the join held in place with Jubilee clips but I wonder if anyone has a better solution or suggestions for a more robust pair?
Thanks.

I swapped to one piece wooden ones like this https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2pXHbT6ZkK0anpJRk5TMldKV2s/view?usp=drivesdk

www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

 

[dutyhog]

We use two-part al oars , but I’ve drilled holes in the spare wooden oars (from the stolen Avon) to fit over the new dinghy’s ss pins.

 

[VicS]

You might think the s/s ones would be immune but it wasn't our experience with two or three pairs, although on thinking about it the early '70s ones were plated metal of some kind. I've still got several part-sets in the garage and none or the metal/steel sheathed ones were easy. I usually ended up having to sand them down and grease them when in use.

I've had those in my photos for about 30 years .
The metal parts are stainless steel, not some plated rubbish. Never had to sand them or grease them, they fit together easily without.

I dont know where I bought them or where you would now buy similar. Probably NLA because they would be expensive and everybody these days just buys cheap rubbish from ebay

 

[pcatterall]

It's one of the few reasons I persevere with my heavy old roll away Avon. I find there's lots of situations where I can row it with its stout wooden oars without bothering with the outboard.

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+1 Especially useful when the outboard is a Seagull !

 

[Kukri]

A friend was showing me over his extremely modern boat yesterday. She had practically every gadget ... and in the dinghy locker on top of the dinghy were a pair of Avon jointed oars.

 

[ghostlymoron]

+1 Especially useful when the outboard is a Seagull !

Anti Seagull propaganda. My 40 Featherlight will still be chugging away when modern Honda and Suzuki have all rotted away. Admittedly, the fuel/oil consumption is pretty excessive but I'm not doing a circumnavigation and I leave a bit of an oil slick behind but it is soon dissipated by waves and sea.