Steve, Oar leathers are to prevent wear on the looms of your oars at the oarlocks. They also make rowing a lot easier if you put a bit of neetsfoot oil on them as a lubricant (I also use tallow). Another benefit is that they fill up the space in the oarlock so that you don't have so much slop there while rowing.
Wouldn't row without leathers on my oars - life is too short to do it the hard way. Connie ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
