Racing Shells Riggers
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.
▶️ 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.
▶️ 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-).
Side Mounted Riggers
Generally they do a good job at reasonable weight, but less and less common with wing riggers more popular.
▶️ Aluminium Euro Riggers
A traditional design with 3 stays (1 forestay and 2 mainstays) with the rigger pin attached at the base to a rigger block.
Hard anodised.
±30mm of height and ±20mm of span adjustment.
For use with topstays (backstays) for both scull and sweep.
Easy to set up and familiar to most coaches.
Only available on some RS moulds.
▶️ “Ali Back” Riggers
A lightweight design with 2 stays (1 mainstay and 1 “backstay”) with a C bracket to hold the pin.
Hard anodised.
±30mm of height and ±20mm of span adjustment.
Adjustable for lateral pitch.
Standard on 808+ mould (for 50-65kg).
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.
Ali wing riggers have ±10mm extra work height adjustment with Swift's "10mm spacers", Prod# Rig33 (1 set supplied as standard).
The Ali Back, Ali Reverse Wing and Carbon Reverse Wing riggers are adjustable for lateral pitch.
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.