hooked end 315 used to attach the harness 300 to a rim 260 of a vessel 10 a hexagonal nut 340 is utilized from the top side of the harness 300 to secure the base screw 320 to the harness 300 as well as keep the two flexible plastic plates 310 together a removable individual modular section 45 of the support 40 is attached by a threaded female connector end 49 to the base screw 320 the threaded male connector end 46 on the top portion of the support 40 can be connected to other support pieces 45 as needed to reach a comfortable height h for the rower 30 fig7 b is an exemplary embodiment of the harness 300 attached to the vessel 10 furthermore the harness 300 is attached to the paddle support 40 of this invention which is further attached to the retainer 50 of the invention the flexible plastic plates 310 are attached by the hooked ends 315 to the rim 260 of the vessel 10 when the appropriate length l is determined for the harness 300 the base screw 320 is passed through corresponding overlapping holes 325 of the plates 310 the hexagonal nut 340 is then attached to the base screw 320 from the top side of the harness 300 the threaded base screw 320 is then attached to the threaded female connector end 49 of the removable individual modular section 45 subsequent support pieces 45 may be added to reach the desired height h once the desired height h is reached the retainer 50 is attached and finally the paddle 20 fig7 c is an exemplary embodiment of the harness 300 with the overlapping flexible plastic plates 310 to show the overlapping holes 325 which allow length l to.