A new rowing scull!

Well, new to me! It's actually a mid-80's construction that currently belongs to my local rowing guru and friend, Alan. The shell was designed and built by 1976 Olympic silver medalist sculler, Calvin Coffey.

Note the "see-through" deck. Apparently this is the same sort of plastic sheeting that is sometimes used to cover the wings of ultra-light aircraft. And weight, no doubt, is part of the reason Coffey used it here for the deck of a rowing shell. Although more than 26 feet in length, and although I haven't checked him on this, Alan tells me it weighs only 30 pounds.

Alan has been willing to sell this to me for a couple/few years, but until last summer, I wasn't ready to row it
» see http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-12-08
and/or wouldn't have had a place to store it.

Note the color-coding on the rigger: red for port; green for starboard! Since one sits in the shell facing the stern, anything to help sort out directions is a help!

Not posted: a pair of mating Western conifer seed bugs (“Leptoglossus occidentalis”), http://bugguide.net/node/view/3393

1 year ago (“Too busy with other tasks…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-05-18
2 years ago (“Seven-spotted lady beetle”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-05-18
3 years ago (“Bucket? That’s okay; I’ll just use this ‘straw’!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-05-18
4 years ago (“Tell Escher that these stairs ‘work’!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-05-18

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