Paddles/oars...
 

Hey, do any of you guys carry paddles/oars on your boats? I would imagine the guys with Mercs definitely would. Just kidding boys... ;D ;D ;D

But really, if you do have paddles/oars, what kind do you have, what would you recommend, and where would you recommend to buy?

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NC requires us to have them

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Yeah, definitely have one ... I found a long-handled, lightweight alum/plastic ... with boats, ya just never know ;) ...

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No paddle for me, but two anchors. I only boat in tidal water. Ever try paddling a V?

Hammer, don't answer that ;)

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MA requires it, I have never used it, But I have a Aluminum one, got sick of replacing the wood ones when they rotted.

They have them at any boat store, walmart what ever. They even have telescoping ones with a boat hook on one end.

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i use mine to center the boat on the trailer when loading on the ramp sides as someone pulls us out.

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A lady friend of ours recently borrowed mine to stir her pickles ... I swear.

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::)

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Well she DID.

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I have one, and yes I have tried paddling my V. It don't paddle worth a dam either, trust me.

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Try this...last year Jet-Ski conked about 300 yds from ramp and I'm the only MoFo on the lake :P ... no paddle ... took the big, fat, heavy SEAT off and paddled back to shore, sweatin', cussin', fightin' the breeze ... just as I got there, a guy pulls up, jumps outta his truck and shouts, "Need a paddle?"... :o ...

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LOL, when I broke down last year and I was paddling the V, these yahoo's zoomed by me about a dozen times tubing. They finally pull up and say "Are ya broke down?" I was like no chit, I'm paddling my 20' boat for my health, so I said "yeah!" ;) They towed me in.

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I just throw the anchor and wave people down for a tow!
I not paddling my boat!! :o :o

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AL requires it too. I have one, trimmed down to fit in my bow storage. I figured it doesnt matter if its pratical to use or not, you can paddle my boat either. ::)

I got Seatow...Im throwin anchor and pickin up the radio, not a paddle. ;)

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There is a guy I met that has a toy one about foot long, says I have a 22 footer a paddle is useless and the law says to have one, not what size!

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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ...

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Not required to have one in De. Been lucky so far and never had to swim to shore. ;D

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When I started my boating life when I was 11 or 12, we never left the dock without a paddle and some old tennis shoes. The 1969 14' Westwind w/ 55 Johnson would puke out regularly. More than once I paddled to the bank and pull it back to the ramp by hand, walking through the oyster shells (thats where the old shoes came in).

In fact, if the gas was low, we would still go skiing but stay within site of the ramp for when it ran out it wouldn't be so far to drag the boat.

Man, that was crazy, me and my buddy, 12 years old, out in the ICW waterskiing. My brother was 9, he would go along as the "safety observer".


My uncle had a 72 Chebby station wagon that I used to put the boat in and out.

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I don't carry one - you sure you gotta have it in NC? The US coast guard didn't say anything about it when they boarded me over the weekend. They checked everything else though, HMS permit, fire ext., life jackets, whistle, flares, etc. Tried their damdest to find something - NADA! I'm glad they didn't think about the oars :-/

My 9.9 might get me back depending on sea conditions....but I KNOW Seatow will get me back....I'm with Stink on that one.

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I had never heard of the paddle requirement here in NC. *I can't find that requirement on the NCWRC website.

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What is that?

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Wasn't it the HMS Titanic?

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HMS is the Highly Migratory Species permit. It is a federal permit that is required if you plan on bringing home yellow or bluefin tuna (and others), some sharks such as threshers and mako, swords, billfish, and even dolphin so I'm told (although I didn't see that one in the books ::)).

Its just another way the feds get your $25. Actually I don't think its so much about the $25 as it is the money brought in from citations when they catch someone without it. You buy the permit for the boat, not the fishermen.

Its a bunch of BS if you ask me. :P My 2006 expires like today I think, so before I go again I have to renew.

Here is the link to the application:
http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/hms/hmsapp.pdf

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Scared me for a minute,
I thought the permit was for everyone.

Then I read the fine print:

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1.../HMSpermit.jpg

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I carry a heavy duty oar, a 8'pole with boat hook AND a 6hp kicker. I'm NOT gonna ever get stuck again !!!

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I've used my paddle to pole through low water plenty of times. I could have jumped in the water and pushed the boat to deeper water but pushing her out of low water with the oar is easier in my opinion.