These oars are ideal for any fixed-seat hull from a 7-foot dinghy to a performance pulling boat, and everything in between. Watch a video about CLC's build-your-own-oar designs. For builders with a little more experience, all you need is the spiral-bound shop manual.

Simple Oars by Spark Geissler. Bateau.com is a great resource for plans and instructions including a few free plans. The forum is a lively and helpful site to get boat building help.

Free Oar and Paddle Plans. There are many good free plans for oars, canoe paddles and kayak paddles including Aleut style. Here is a collection that I have put together. If I missed some let me know. Making your own nice wooden oars is very satisfying. Here are a few plans but also good articles for paddle and oar making. Email me if a plan ...

One plan set details four oar and paddle types: Simple double bladed kayak paddle; single blade canoe paddle (also great for emergency use in any small boat); general purpose rowing oar; and super-lightweight, spoon blade, recreational rowing or sculling oar.

Making Oars: What follows is a description of the 7-1/2' oars I made for my eleven foot dinghy. I blended features from John Murray's and John DeLapp's oar designs to create a set of oars I'm quite pleased with. Included in this Instructable are the design descr…

To make your own wooden boat oars, you’ll need to start with some lumber. The most common wood types used for oars are ash, spruce, and pine. Ash is the most durable and is the preferred choice for many experienced boat builders.

Free canoe and kayak paddle plans needed to make oars. I have two types of plywood Canoe Plans available … click here to go to my Plywood Canoe Plan comparison page to help you choose the best boat for you.

The details including full-size patterns for making 3 different blade shapes, a standard Hatchet, a Macon, as well as the “Icelander,” a special more traditional long narrow blade for really long open water voyages.

Jul 21, 2013 · The plans are two sheets (48"x36") of comprehensive details to allow you to construct a pair of the finest, strongest, and lightest (3.5 lbs each) hollow rowing oars to compliment any wooden rowing boat. The details including full size patterns for making 3 different blade shapes, a standard Hatchet, a Macon as well as the "Icelander".