Demo Program

The Demonstration Equipment Program

The 2008 season marks the eighth year of the Craftsbury Sculling Center's Demonstration Equipment Program. This year marks a shift in the program, as Craftsbury is purchasing 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 find out some of 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.

Thank you to our 2007 participating manufacturers:
Concept 2 Dreissigacker Racing Oars, Croker Oars, Echo Rowing, Hudson Boat Works, In2Rowing Electronics, Maas Rowing Shells, Nielsen-Kellerman Electronics, Peinert Boatworks, Sykes Racing North America, and WinTech Racing Boats.

Past participating manufacturers include:
Alden Shells LLC, Burnham Boat Slings, C-Breeze, Cadence Rowing, Dreher Oars/Durham Boat Company, Empacher Canada, Fluidesign, Filippi imported by Elite Rowing, Inc., Kaschper Racing Shells, Resolute Racing Shells,and Van Dusen Racing Boats USA.

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. Non-program participants who wish to test row must present an email or letter from the builder to allow us to let the person row the boat with a minimum of 24 hours notice. We will do our best to accommodate you 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:

Burnham Boat Slings - www.burnhamboatslings.com
These models are used in our Lake Hosmer Boathouse:

• The All Purpose Sling.
• The All Shell Sling.

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

• The Cadence Rowing FC unit 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 two pair of Crokers to this point, with a third on order.

• 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 ordered the following oars for the 2008 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 received the following boats from Fluidesign for 2008:

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

Hudson Boat Works - www.hudsonboatworks.com
We have the following boats for the 2008 season from Hudson:

• Predator construction heavyweight Great White 1x w/wing (180-210lbs.)
• Predator construction midweight Great White 1x w/wing (145 - 180lbs.)
• Predator construction lightweight Great White 1x w/wing (115-145lbs.)
• Three Predator construction 2x/-'s: HW, MW, LW
• Predator construction MW 4x/-

In2Rowing - www.in2rowing.com
In2Rowing is supplying us with their wireless Solo this summer. This GPS based unit gives one lots of data with minimal mounting hassles and interfaces for workout analysis.

• In2 Solo Datalogger

Kaschper Racing Shells - www.kaschper.com
We've ordered this shell from Kaschper for the 2008 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 1x's or 2x's. 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 models built by Paul Milde:

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

Sykes Racing North America - www.sykes.com.au
We've received the following Sykes boats for 2008:

• 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