“At the same time, the man in the boat paddled with his oar with all his might.”

“The crew suddenly lost their stroke oar to eligibility issues, and Erickson was back to the drawing board to find a line-up.”

“The yacht was flying down the current under her powerful oarage.”

“But, as luck would have it, scarcely had he started to row his boat again when an oarlock broke, and so it took him the best part of an hour to make the trip.”

“But just as the women were about to make a move to pull even, one of the oars popped out of its oarlock.”

“This innovative oarlock system design incorporates a new 'tension arm' mechanism within the gate that holds your oar tight against the pin.”

“Jim was delegated to make the arrangements for boat, oarlocks, oars and confirmation of tide tables.”

“More important than the tilt of the oarlocks are the relative positions of the thwart, the oarlocks and the footbrace.”

“There were no oarlocks, but you can make a thole pin with a piece of wood, and that was what Swatty did.”