Abstract: A watercraft stabilizing paddle holder and a water craft stabilizing paddle holder kit, the kit comprising a shaft brace having a lower shaft support surface to limit downward shaft displacement and a pair of lateral shaft support surfaces to limit lateral shaft displacement, a shaft holder having a lower shaft support surface and an upper shaft support surface to limit vertical shaft displacement and a pair of lateral shaft support surfaces limit lateral shaft displacement, and a mounting stand.

Abstract: An adjustable locking shaft apparatus is disclosed. A locking adjustment system, fully enclosed within the movable shaft segments enables rapid simultaneous angular and length adjustments to be made to the shaft. An eccentric cam configuration operated by simple twisting of the shaft segments provides the locking pressure for maintaining selected adjustments. The apparatus provides an infinite number of adjustment positions. A kayak paddle implementation of the invention is disclosed.