Looking for an oar, Any ideas?

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Same here, but I have a plan to prevent this from happening again. Let me see if I can describe my idea. The bed of my trailer is 4 feet wide. I can cut a couple of 3 foot pieces from a 2" X 4". Then, using a hole saw just slightly larger in diameter than the oar shafts on the oars I normally transport, bore 2 holes each in in the 2" X 4"s. Next, I will rip the 2" X 4"s lengthwise on my table saw, through the holes. I can attach a hinge on one end and a latch at the other end of each 2" X 4" so they can be opened to place the oars into the half circles on the bottom piece, then close the top piece back into position over the oars and latch the two halves back in place. This should secure the oars and prevent me from losing one in the future. The oar blades will not fit through the holes and the oar handles won't fit either so there is no way they can slide through. Also, the oar locks themselves attached to the oar shafts would be inside the rack ends preventing the oars from sliding out. Maybe even some inner-tube rubber attached to the curved cut-outs to grip the oar shafts would be a good thing to add. I have been thinking about this (obviously). It completely ruined out fishing trip and I don't want to repeat that. If I do this I'll add a picture of the finished set up. I need to measure my oar shaft diameters and see what hole saws I have. I may need to get one or two more.
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