Nice. My supposedly elegant solution would be to find a straight spring pin so that it could be permanently attached to the rowlock with a lanyard. The straigtht pin can then go through the deck hole when fitting or removing so you can't drop and lose the pin.
I have used bits of string tied to the end and somewhere down the hole. But in truth I haven’t had a lot of problems with oarlocks( yes I’m from New York) falling out ,especially ones that had long shanks.
R or P clips are better, tie them on with some small stuff, a sharp tug and they are off, when you need to stow them. That said ,I don't use crutches ,but coastal gig rowing gates
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I've never seen that style of split ring before - so much easier to deal with. I can see a use for all sorts of applications - thanks for the lead!
Nice. My supposedly elegant solution would be to find a straight spring pin so that it could be permanently attached to the rowlock with a lanyard. The straigtht pin can then go through the deck hole when fitting or removing so you can't drop and lose the pin.
I have used bits of string tied to the end and somewhere down the hole. But in truth I haven’t had a lot of problems with oarlocks( yes I’m from New York) falling out ,especially ones that had long shanks.
R or P clips are better, tie them on with some small stuff, a sharp tug and they are off, when you need to stow them.
That said ,I don't use crutches ,but coastal gig rowing gates