The oars should be correctly fitted to the beam and length of the boat. the required length of your oars is about twice the beam of the boat.
We pulled with muffled oars, and were nearly alongside her, when someone on board must have caught a glimpse of the faint flash as our oars dipped, for we heard a voice giving the alarm on board in Spanish.— Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess
He waited two days--three--and very leisurely, up the river, the galleys of Cleopatra came But she did not come as suppliant Her curiously carved galley was studded with nails of gold; the oars were all tipped with silver; the sails were of purple silk.— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators
The dog still stood up, with his forepaws raised upon the bench; the oars were among his feet.— The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire
But the little captain and his crew had only what loose things they could grab in a hurry--oars, deck-swabs, marlin-spikes, and one thing or another; but with them, without wastin' any flourishes, they came at me an' the gen'ral, and we draws our swords What d' y' say, will we have at 'em, gen'ral?"— Sonnie-Boy's People

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