Our garage has finished walls and ceilings and an 8' ceiling. The oars are more than 9' long. Hence, we cannot stand them on-end. I suppose I could have made a rack so the oars would have been the hypotenuse of a right triangle, but — oh, never mind that. Just hang 'em on the wall. The four in this image are older oars that we only use with the Alden Ocean Shell (the blue shell on the floor). So while they aren't terribly accessible for us short people, being above the upper boat-rack, we don't need them very often.
Retired economics professor (“dismal scientist”). Married 40+ years to the love of my life; we have two grown daughters, both married, two granddaughters and a...