Demo Program

The Demonstration Equipment Program

2010 marks the tenth year of the Craftsbury Sculling Center's Demonstration Equipment Program. During the past ten years, we've had equipment from the vast majority of manufacturers serving the North American market. This year's selection offers clients a cross section of products to try. As has been the case since 2008, Craftsbury has purchased the bulk of the demo fleet. We took this step to better provide our clients demo availability throughout the season, broaden the offerings, as well as the opportunity to purchase lots of gently used shells at the end of the season. Nowhere else can guests try such a wide variety of quality boats to find a model which best suits them.

If you are considering purchasing a single, oars, or electronics this is a valuable opportunity for you to explore and refine your preferences. Investing in equipment is a very personal decision based on your skill level, water conditions, performance needs, comfort, and level of financial commitment. What better way to figure out what works than in person, on the water?

Notes From Our Boathouse

Check here for the current status of equipment you will be able to test at Craftsbury during your stay. This page is updated regularly as we receive new shipments from manufacturers. Craftsbury makes every effort to have boats available for the duration of the season; however, the exact timing of equipment arrival or departure is dependent on the manufacturer's production and delivery schedule.

Demo boats access is included as part of our program for participants, coaches and staff. We will do our best to accommodate non-program participants who wish to test row in one of three ways: during an afternoon free row pending availability, during a scheduled private lesson or at a scheduled session where we can provide safety supervision at a rate of $40/hr. Sadly, for insurance purposes, we cannot allow the general public unsupervised out on the lake.

Most equipment will be sold at the conclusion of the season; please watch the Boat sale page for details. You may email your questions to sculling@craftsbury.com.

The manufacturers are listed alphabetically:

Cadence Rowing - www.cadencerowing.com
Currently in-house:

• Cadence Rowing Vo3 units for reading stroke rate.

Concept2 - www.concept2.com
We currently have these Concept2 products available:

• A full range of Dreissigacker Racing Oars
• All blade design styles: smoothies, fat smoothies, smoothie2 (fat and regular) and the vortex edge.
• Low Inertia and ultralight shafts, adjustable handles, plus the newest sleeve/collar design.
• The Model D Indoor Rower with the PM3.
• Slides for the Indoor Rowers.
• The DYNO Strength Trainer.

Croker Oars - www.crokerusa.com
We have three pairs of Crokers:

• S2 soft, full slick blade, yellow handle
• S2 soft, cut blade, yellow handle
• S2 regular, full slick blade, blue handle

Durham Boat Company, Inc. - www.durhamboat.com
We've purchased the following oars for the 2009 season:

• 1 pair of round Rx blades
• Apex blades include these combinations of specs:
• 1 pair with medium grips and standard flex
• 1 pair with large grips and stiff flex

Fluidesign - www.rowfluidesign.com
We've got the following boats from Fluidesign for 2009:

• MW single (145-180lbs)
• HW single (180 and up)

Hudson Boat Works - www.hudsonboatworks.com
We have the following boats for the 2009 season from Hudson:

• Predator construction heavyweight Great White 1x w/wing (180-210lbs.)
• Predator construction midweight Great White 1x w/wing (145 - 180lbs.)
• Three Predator construction 2x/-'s: HW, MW, LW
• Predator construction MW 4x/-

Kaschper Racing Shells - www.kaschper.com
We purchased a Kaschper for the 2009 season:

• Midweight Raven 1x with a wing rigger for scullers weighing 155-185 pounds

Maas Racing Shells - www.maasboats.com
The Craftsbury Camp fleet has the following boats:

• Maas Aero
• Maas 24
• Maas Flyweight

Nielsen-Kellerman - www.nkhome.com
Several NK SpeedCoach units are available for you to test. You can row a session with a SpeedCoach in one of our outfitted shells. This season we have:

• The original red SpeedCoach System.
• The new SpeedCoach Gold Rowing System.
• 2 - SpeedCoach 4XLs
• 4 - Cadence watches

Peinert Boat Works - www.sculling.com
The Craftsbury camp fleet includes all the models built by Paul Milde:

• Peinert 26
• Peinert X25
• Peinert Dolphin
• Peinert Zephyr

Sykes Racing North America - http://www.sykesna.com/
We've received the following Sykes boats for 2009:

• MW HKCC 1x Mould 26
• HW HKCC 1x Mould 26

Vespoli - www.vespoli.com
We'll have the following boat from Vespoli this summer:

• 27XL single, 210lbs and up