Originally posted by fujimo:
Monteray- did you bust your oarlocks? what trip was that on? looks like Ak!
Yes, that was a two week moose Hunt in AK.
The oar locks were, as we said in my military days, a "field expedient". The raft was a new one bought locally prior to the trip. Part of the deal was that the seller would ship it to our outfitter.
When we met the outfitter it turned into a speed drill to pull our gear (previously shipped by us) and the raft out of storage and loaded into super cubs because of weather closing in. The raft had been poorly packed and apparently the locks slid out a break in the packing. We didn't realize it until we were sitting on the island sand bar where we were dropped.
So, the oar locks were fashioned from some stout alder which grows everywhere along the rivers.