Recreational Rowing Fittings & Features
Colours
For Colours, please see R 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 |
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
(cannot be used on RS1x or RS2x/-)
Swift Racing shoes Sizes 37-54 available
Flexfoot Heel restraints and solid heels for safety (approved by USRowing and British Rowing), rounded heels for a good fit.
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
Club B recreational boats are supplied with moulded plastic seat top.
Elite Plus and Club A recreational boats are supplied with lightweight carbon seat tops.
Elite Plus and Club A recreational boats are supplied with lightweight carbon seat tops.
Single action type with bearings, height adjustable.
Seat deck, seat rails
The seat deck on our PARA 1x and 2x is 16mm (compared to 5mm for Olympic type racing boats), to withstand the large forces experienced during PARA rowing.
Our PARA 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.