How to Purchase a Sculling Shell?
Russ
I'm seriously considering purchasing a single. I'm interested in it from a
purely recreational point of view (at this time) so it doesn't have to be
the latest & greatest design.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a good entry-level shell that won't
set me back a few grand, or at least a good site to start my search?
Thanks, in advance,
Russ
Nick Suess
Russ <bigk...@nospam.bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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From your specification, any of the big-name international brands are likely
to be too expensive, and shipping boats is damn costly, and as Tim Wise
recently pointed out, mighty risky. So what you need is either to be looking
at the secondhand market or otherwise checking out good reputable
boatbuilders within your own locality, or certainly within your own nation.
Which is??? If we know, then there are lots of people on rsr who can offer
advice. Now let me guess - since you don't bother to tell us, might it just
be the USA?
Russ
in South Florida, USA. Please allow me to claim ignorance, rather than
ethnocentrism, since I would have believed that most products would be
available internationally.
Reminds me of a joke (that everyone's probably heard by now, but that was
especially convicting while travelling in Europe):
Q. What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages?
A. Trilingual
Q.What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages?
A. Bilingual
What do you call someone who speaks 1 language?
A. American
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Hamilton Richards Jr.
<bigk...@nospam.bellsouth.net> wrote:
> ... I do reside in South Florida, USA.
Have a look at Little River Marine
(http://gnv.fdt.net/~litlrivr/index.html). They're in Florida
(Gainesville-- not exactly South Florida) , and if you don't feel like
springing for a new one, they may have some second-hand boats.
--Ham
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Hamilton Richards, PhD Department of Computer Sciences
Senior Lecturer Mail Code C0500
512-471-9525 The University of Texas at Austin
Taylor 5.138 Austin, Texas 78712-1188
Frank
I bought a Pro Am from Little River when I first got out of college, and
within a couple of years it was barely seaworthy. For as wide and slow as
it was, it was less stable than some pure racing shells.
And when I say slow, I mean it got increasingly slower with age. The gel
coat started cracking in about a year, and the fiberglas started
absorbing water and,thus, weight. Then the I-beam inside started
separating from the hull, and the boat flexed heavily in the water. That
led to more, larger, cracks. Unwilling to throw good money after bad, I
resorted to covering those cracks with duct tape ( a rower's best
friend). I came to my senses a few years ago and got a tax write-off by
donating the boat to a university club.
I am now the proud owner of a Peinert 26, and it has allowed me to create
a small medal collection on the masters sprint and head circuit.
I'd recommend a Peinert 26. You can pick them up used for about $2,500.
Craftsbury Sculling Camp often has them for sale, since they use them
almost exclusively to coach rowers at all levels.
Good luck.
Nick Suess
Frank <frank...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I am now the proud owner of a Peinert 26, and it has allowed me to create
> a small medal collection on the masters sprint and head circuit.
> I'd recommend a Peinert 26. You can pick them up used for about $2,500.
> Craftsbury Sculling Camp often has them for sale, since they use them
> almost exclusively to coach rowers at all levels.
> Good luck.
There, you see, now we know where Russ is, he has got one piece of very
useful advice, about a boat which I believe is not too readily available
outside of North America, and with the current strength of the US dollar,
unlikely to be so for a while. So whilst any boat can in theory be bought
just about anywhere, the fact is that shipping boats internationally is a
very expensive activity, so it is usually only economically viable at the
more expensive end of the market, which is where Russ said he didn't want to
be shopping.
Stephen Borghardt
don't mind assembling your own boat it might be an option. The kit costs about
$600. Before I bought the kit I scoured the net for anyone who had anything bad
to say about building it, or rowing it. I found only positive responses. I
haven't started it yet (I have to wait for warmer weather), and I have no
woodworking, or boatbuilding experience. The people at CLC say it should take me
between 60 and 80 hours to complete, and because it's a wood-epoxy-fiberglass
mix, it should retain it's stiffness much longer than a fiberglass shell. I
currently own an Alden Double, and I'm getting tired of bailing out the large
cockpit in choppy seas. Even though they say the Oxford isn't an open water
boat, it should be fine for bay's, and lakes. It also has a much smaller cockpit
so even if you do take on water, bailing shouldn't be a problem.
Their website is
http://www.clcboats.com/sitemap.php3
Good luck
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Stephen Borghardt
don't mind assembling your own boat it might be an option. The kit costs about
$600. Before I bought the kit I scoured the net for anyone who had anything bad
to say about building it, or rowing it. I found only positive responses. I
haven't started it yet (I have to wait for warmer weather), and I have no
woodworking, or boatbuilding experience. The people at CLC say it should take me
between 60 and 80 hours to complete, and because it's a wood-epoxy-fiberglass
mix, it should retain it's stiffness much longer than a fiberglass shell. I
currently own an Alden Double, and I'm getting tired of bailing out the large
cockpit in choppy seas. Even though they say the Oxford isn't an open water
boat, it should be fine for bay's, and lakes. It also has a much smaller cockpit
so even if you do take on water, bailing shouldn't be a problem.
Their website is
http://www.clcboats.com/sitemap.php3
Good luck
Russ wrote:
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Steven Maynard-Moody
Florida. I've seen the shells at regatta's and they are very nice, some
with some wood to give the shell an elegant look. Anyone know the name?
Steven M-M
Carl Douglas
Steven Maynard-Moody <stev...@lark.cc.ukans.edu> writes
Are you thinking of George Sharrow, Palm City, FL? Tel: 561 283 6979
Carl
Carl Douglas Racing Shells -
Fine Small-Boats/AeRoWing low-drag Riggers/Advanced Accessories
Write: The Boathouse, Timsway, Chertsey Lane, Staines TW18 3JZ, UK
Email: ca...@carldouglas.co.uk Tel: +44(0)1784-456344 Fax: -466550
URLs: www.carldouglas.co.uk (boats) & www.aerowing.co.uk (riggers)
Steven Maynard-Moody
Steven M-M
Lowpulse
>
These are beautiful singles, but it was my understanding he only made
lightweight 1x's. Am I incorrect?
Merrill
nema...@gmail.com
Steve S
They are excellent, fast, often beautiful, and usually quite reasonably priced compared to the used Porsches and BMWs of the rowing world.
Most of the boats are for smaller folks. I was told that the original version was based on the aborted FISA design for a standardized men's lightweight single.
When he was racing, George could make lightweight weigh-ins with one of his boats on his shoulder.