[Wallrat]

I went from convertible oar rights, which I mostly rowed as spinnies anyway, to Gilman grips, on a Grand trip. I found them to orient very well, with it being easy to feather both forwards and back. Then easy to return to a normal vertical orientation. They’re worth trying.

 

[Wallrat]

Thanks all for the feedback. The question originated from moving from 10' oars to 10.5' oars for my rig (156R). Am going to sink some cash into new oars and based on this thread, will likely go with Gilman CW grips.

So - the follow on question here is....how often do people outright lose an oar (I did in a flip a House but that was due to poor rigging)? I ask because I'm thinking about not putting gilmans on my spares with the idea in a pinch I can just pull a spare with a standard grip off the side and then at some time later move my gilman to my spare oar set. Thoughts?

A spare without the GG can go on either side. With them, they’re committed to that one side. Plus it’ll save you some $$$.