PARA Fittings & Features
Riggers
For rigger options, please see CO Rigger Options page.
Colours
For Colours, please see CO Colours page.Stretchers
PARA and Rec boats are supplied with lightweight carbon and PVC foam sandwich stretchers. There is a choice between shoes and flexfoot.
Both of these stretcher types can be replaced with plywood, which is heavier, but can be easily customised by the rower/coach.
| PBR shoes | Active shoes | Swift shoes | Flexfoot | |
| Elite plus | Standard | Standard | Standard | Standard |
| Club A | Upgrade | Upgrade | Standard | Standard |
| Club B | Upgrade | Upgrade | Standard | Standard |
From left:
Bont Rowing Shoes: Sizes 36-53 available, but they are smaller than normal, so order 1 or 2 sizes larger.
Active Tools adjustable: shoes 2 sizes available (40-45 and 43-48)
Swift Racing shoes: Sizes 37-54 available
Heel restraints and solid heels for safety, rounded heels for a good fit. Approved by USRowing and British Rowing.
Shoe sizes
For shoes, the order form needs to be completed with European shoe sizes. Please use this chart to help you.
| Euro | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB | 4.25 | 5 | 5.75 | 6.5 | 7.25 | 8 | 8.75 | 9.5 | 10.25 | 11 | 11.75 | 12.5 | 13.25 | 14 | 14.75 | 15.5 | 16.25 | 17 |
| US | 4.75 | 5.5 | 6.25 | 7 | 7.75 | 8.5 | 9.25 | 10 | 10.75 | 11.5 | 12.25 | 13 | 13.75 | 14.5 | 15.25 | 16 | 16.75 | 17.5 |
| JPN | 22.75 | 23.5 | 24.25 | 25 | 25.75 | 26.5 | 27.25 | 28 | 28.75 | 29.5 | 30.25 | 31 | 31.75 | 32.5 | 33.25 | 34 | 34.75 | 35.5 |
Rudders
Rudders are stainless steel, and are available in standard (50x80mm plate) for straight course rowing, or large (80 x 100mm plate) for river rowing.
A rudder will only be supplied if sweep riggers for 2- are ordered.
Seats
We currently offer 3 different seats:
Left Flat carbon: This is a low profile, flat seat that rowers usually customise with their own padding.
Center Bucket seat - small: This seat offers some sideways support, and is popular with some TA rowers.
Right Bucket seat - large: This seat offers some sideways support, and is popular with some TA rowers.
Back Support
Seat deck, seat rails
The seat deck on our adaptive 1x and 2x is 16mm (compared to 5mm for Olympic type racing boats), to withstand the large forces experienced during adaptive rowing.
Our adaptive seat rail is of a very simple design. It is a “C” shaped profile, with a large surface on the base, to spread the load over the seat deck. Additionally, each rail is fixed to the seat deck with 7 bolts, to ensure a solid connection between the rail and boat.
Into this “C” profile we slide extra strong “T” shaped bolts, which together with hex locking nuts are used to fix the seat or back support to the seat rails (4 bolts, 1 for each corner). This is not a quick release system, but it does have 2 advantages, in that it can be adjusted with 1 hand, and that when all nuts are tightened, there is zero play/slack.
[Caution/Warning]
Before starting to use any rowing equipment, especially seats and back supports, it is very important that any protruding parts, such as bolts, nuts and and edges are adequately covered with padding.
Also check that there is no direct contact between legs and seat rails.
Individuals who may be predisposed to developing pressure sores, such as persons with spinal cord injury should seek medical advice as to the most suitable interface between themselves and the seat.
Cushions should not only provide comfort, but help protect against the direct sitting pressures and shearing forces incurred in rowing.