The Cataract X-Wound Oar Shaft has the same great durability and natural flex as the SGG shaft, while being lighter in weight to reduce rowing fatigue.
Each shaft is 1/2 pound lighter than a Cataract SGG shaft.
This weight savings really adds up to less muscle strain when you're swinging those oars on a long river stretch.
The oars have an all carbon-fiber layer on the outside, so they are only available in black.
Like the SGG oar shaft, the X-Wound flexes and rebounds like wood without the weight or need for maintenance.
Cataract, Carlisle and 1 5/8" shank Sawyer blades fit in these shafts.
You've asked for a lighter oar shaft, and Cataract has come through!
We don't carry the Polecat so I can't give you a direct comparison. The X-Wound uses extra carbon fiber material to get the same strength as the SGG, at a lighter weight. A 10' X-Wound will weigh 4 pounds.