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Companies and manufacturers of rowing boats and related equipment. Pages in category "Rowing equipment manufacturers" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
The company’s origins date back to the late 1970s when Mike Vespoli was the freshman rowing coach at Yale University.It was during a trip to the Henley Royal Regatta in 1977 that he saw the forefather of the shell that changed his life.
Stämpfli Racing Boats is a British-based manufacturer of rowing boats. Stämpfli was founded in Switzerland by Johann Friedrich August Stämpfli in 1896. [ 1 ] Manufacturing originally took place in Zurich , Switzerland , but moved to Surrey, England after the company was acquired by Janousek Racing Boats in 1991.
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. The boat's long length and semicircular cross ...
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Overall, Empacher boats have received 64% of the wins in all race categories during 2013. [6] In the eights, all crews but the USA (who used a Hudson) used Empacher boats during the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. In the 2012 London Olympics, Empacher boats won almost all boat categories with ten out of fourteen gold medals. [7]
His career in rowing started in 1964 when he joined the Georgetown University crew as a walk-on. He went on to row on a team that placed in the 1972 Munich Olympics. [2] He later was a sculling coach for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. [3] Vespoli started his company with the help of his retired machinist father in 1980 in New Haven.