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Alden Rowing manufactures sliding-seat rowing boats. Their original product, the Alden Ocean Shell, was designed in (sources differ) 1970 [ 1 ] or 1971. [ 2 ] Traditional shell designs use high aspect ratio hulls, with long waterline with minimum beam , that emphasize racing performance at the cost of stability.
Joseph Scallon, 68, of Iowa Falls; Jesse Ostheimer, 41, of Alden; Braden Hicks, 36, of Manson; and Owen Renaud, 19, of Alden died in the crash, according to the Madison County Coroner's Office in ...
The following are the most commonly used recreational sliding seat shell manufacturers in current use: Baumgarten Bootsbau; C-Line; Echo Rowing; Edon Sculling Boats; Gig Harbor Boat Works; Leo Coastal Rowing; LiteBoat; Little River Marine; Maas Boat Company; Peinert Boat; 1 Australia (wavecutter) Rowing Sport Boats (RS boats) Virus; Volans ...
In watercraft, a racing shell (also referred to as a fine boat (UK) or simply a shell) is an extremely narrow, and often comparatively long, rowing boat specifically designed for racing or exercise. It is equipped with long oars, outriggers to hold the oarlocks away from the boat, and sliding seats.
George Yeomans [a] Pocock (March 23, 1891 – March 19, 1976) was a leading designer and builder of racing shells in the 20th century. He was also a crew coach and an elder statesman of the sport. Pocock-built shells began to win U.S. Intercollegiate Rowing Association championships in 1923. [1]
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An octuple sculling shell, often simply called an oct and abbreviated as an 8x [1] or 8x+, [2] is a racing shell used in the sport of rowing.. Unlike the eight (8+), a racing shell with a crew of eight rowers and a coxswain (cox) [2] that can be seen at the Olympic Games and the Boat Race, [2] in which each of the eight rowers have one oar (or blade) which they pull with both arms, [note 1] in ...