[fatlazyless]

It makes so much good sense to operate a small dinghy with just the two wood oars, and no motor. There is no insurance, no registration, no motor and no gasoline needed, and without a motor it is covered by the standard NH home owner's insurance policy. For best rowing action, it really helps to use l-o-n-g oars ...... like oars that are 72" or 78" or even 84" ..... long.

Sitting in the middle seat of the small dinghy, holding the oars for rowing automatically makes it extremely stable, even in 2-3' high, wakes and waves. You will be very surprised how stable even an 11' Jon boat can be when rowed from the center seat!

And the best-est reason is you get the health benefits of rowing ...... as in row-row-row the boat, gently across the lake, and life will be a dream ..... merrily, merrily, merrily!

And, rowing will definitely add 25-50 years to your life, because YOU personally and not the outboard motor gets the aerobic work-out. Many motor-boaters tend to become overweight because the only thing they exercise while boating is moving the throttle forward about three inches ..... motor-boating gives you zero exercise ..... especially when you is always motor-boating to another big meal at a pricey restaurant.