Racing Shells Riggers
Free upgrade to coloured carbon for carbon wing riggers on Carbon Pro Racing Shells
~ Making Fast with Style ~
As part of celebrating our 20th year, all carbon riggers ordered with Carbon Pro Racing Shells are eligible for a free upgrade to coloured carbon.
Go fast AND look good with our carbon wing riggers in blue or red carbon.
This is for orders until December 2025.
Talk to your local Distributor for details.
There is a choice of carbon (reverse wing) or high grade aluminium, welded to the optimum design and hard anodised for a long lasting finish. All are adjustable for span, work height and pitch.
Wing Riggers
Wing riggers have 2 main advantages, they can be moved towards the bow and stern to finely adjust a boat’s trim, and that as the hull has no ribs, they are suited to rowers with “well developed posteriors”.
They have more clearance from the water, potentially useful in rough conditions, although with a larger surface area there may be more aerodynamic drag.
Hulls with wing rigger hulls have lower saxboards, which negatively affects longitudinal and torsional stiffness, and makes them more prone to swamping.
▶️ “Ali Back” riggers
A lightweight 2 stay design with a C bracket to hold the pin, very efficient at transferring power to boat speed. Side mounted.
▶️ Aluminium Stern Wing Riggers
Scull and sweep riggers using aerofoil profiles, for use with backstays, mounted over the foot stretcher.
▶️ Aluminium Stern Wing Riggers – heavy duty
Scull riggers using a heavy duty aerofoil profile, for use without backstays, ideal for lower ability crews and recreational rowing, mounted over the foot stretcher.
▶️ Aluminium Reverse Wing Riggers
Scull and sweep riggers using aerofoil profiles, with C bracket to hold the pin, mounted behind the rower.
For all 2s, the sweep rigger cross pipes are horizontal, to give space for shoes.
For all 4s and 8s, the sweep rigger cross pipes are sloping into the cockpit.
▶️ Carbon Reverse Wing Riggers
Scull and sweep riggers using aerofoil profiles, with C bracket to hold the pin, mounted behind the rower.
Carbon reverse wing riggers can only be used on new Racing Shell moulds (middle number is 2, such as 121-).
All measurements are in millimeters or degrees. ±3mm, ±0.3 degrees is the margin of error we work to.
Span and work height are calculated:
- From the boat's center line, when the pin is in the MIDDLE position of the rigger block.
- When the oarlock is vertically in the MIDDLE position of the pin.
- When Ali Back riggers are fixed to the boat in the MIDDLE of the 2 possible positions.
- From the curve around the hole in the seat top to the sill of the oarlock.
| Work height adjustment | Work height adjustment total | Span adjustment per rigger | ||||
| by pin washers | by 10mm spacers | by rigger height | by height wedge | |||
Ali wing scull with backstay | ±18mm | ±10mm | +28, -18mm | ±40mm | ||
Ali wing scull heavy duty | ±18mm | ±10mm | +28, -18mm | ±40mm | ||
Ali wing sweep | ±18mm | ±10mm | +28, -18mm | ±20mm | ||
Ali reverse wing scull | ±18mm | ±10mm | +28, -18mm | ±38mm | ||
Ali reverse wing sweep | ±12mm | ±10mm | +28, -18mm | ±19mm | ||
Carbon reverse wing scull | ±18mm | ±10mm | +28, -18mm | ±38mm | ||
Carbon reverse wing sweep | ±12mm | ±10mm | +22, -12mm | ±19mm | ||
Ali back scull | ±18mm | ±6mm | ±20mm | ±34mm | ±38mm | |
Ali back sweep | ±12mm | ±6mm | ±20mm | ±28mm | ±19mm | |
Ali Back riggers have some work height adjustment by changing the height that rigger is attached to the boat.
Ali Back riggers have some work height adjustment using Swift's "Rigger height wedges", Prod# Rig11.
Wing riggers have +10mm extra work height adjustment with Swift's "10mm spacers", Prod# Rig33 (1 set supplied as standard).
For Ali Wing, the lateral pitch can be easily adjusted with our pin wedges, Rig10A (1 degree wedges supplied as standard).
Quick release (for aluminium wing riggers)
Our wing rigger quick release system is precision made, easy to use and reliable.
Quick Release (QR) parts are the same height as our standard 10mm spacer. Therefore when QR parts are used adjustability of work height is reduced by 10mm.