{"id":4131,"date":"2026-08-17T14:44:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T18:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/?p=4131"},"modified":"2026-08-25T19:50:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T23:50:46","slug":"build-your-own-oars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/build-your-own-oars\/","title":{"rendered":"Build your own oars"},"content":{"rendered":"

PT Watercraft recommends 7′ 6″ spoon blade oars for the PT 11 and PT Spear. Making oars is a craft all its own so we have never offered oars or oars kits when there are companies that specialize in making oars and do a much better job than we could.<\/p>\n

Well made oars are an additional expense that perhaps you’d rather spend in time than money. Chesapeake Light Craft has templates and a guide for making your own oars. Even though they are not spoon blades, they could be both a pleasure to make and to use.<\/p>\n

I would like to include a link to that information here from CLC themselves:<\/p>\n

\"CLC<\/a><\/p>\n

A great rowing boat is pleasing to all the senses. It’s exercise, sure, but also the scenery, the chuckle of water under the bow, the feel of a beautifully-balanced pair of oars… A great pair of oars is an essential part of the experience. You can build your OWN oars that are a perfect match for your boat and your style. CLC’s oar plans include comprehensive, step-by-step instructions. We also offer full-sized patterns to make it easy to transfer the subtle shapes to the lumber.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Learn more about CLC Oars<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PT Watercraft recommends 7′ 6″ spoon blade oars for the PT 11 and PT Spear. Making oars is a craft all its own so we have never offered oars or oars kits when there are companies that specialize in making oars and do a much better job than we could. Well made oars are an…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,1],"tags":[60,88],"class_list":["post-4131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-instructional","category-kit-options","tag-personalizing-your-boat","tag-rowing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4131"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4161,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4131\/revisions\/4161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}