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Hard to say, but IIRC most of Kleshnev's testing with different blades shows "efficiency" (however he determines it) is better with the fat2smoothie or the vortex-edged blades but "boat speed" is better with straight edge smoothie blades. I'm not going to dive into the archives ...

lt.wolf wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 1:00 pm Kohler rows a Hudson and Jacob is significantly taller than Kara so I doubt the same size hull.

So possibly Jacobs then? I forgot to mention the boat had USA stickers as well as the Paris 2024 hence why I’d assumed it was a US sculllers

Just curious really - at the weekend I raced at the silver skiffs and had hired a boat from filippi for an 85kg sculler, I was expecting an F22, F01, F14 but was surprised to get an F47 cut down to 85kg - it was a 2024 boat and had Paris 2024 stickers so was curious who’s it was - Plihal or Kohler, ...

I have a pair and these are the best sculls I have EVER rowed with. Zero doubt. You will absolutely see them in Paris, unlike the Comps which will probably disappear. Hearing the sweep blades are even better. Look for some single scullers turning up with them, some are testing right now. What is it...

Perhaps you could increase the catch angle by getting some additional forward body angle / rockover. Stretching and yoga can help with that. From a rigging perspective, so might raising the seat, adding a butt pad, lowering the shoes, and/or having a shallower footplate angle. Maybe you are not sli...

Fairly upright style, in an Aylings/lola - 1m85 with long legs and an arm span of over 190. Due to the technique (where I am often told I should be using more back than I am) I doubt an excessive layback is the cause. Agree moving the rigger to the bow would probably be ideal, one niggle is the rigg...

I find using the Polar OH1 with the “goggles clip” attached to a cap (or even tucked under the cap) so it’s in contact with the temple results in perfect heart rates without needing a chest or arm band in a pinch even my Garmin 255 with the strap removed and similarly tucked under the cap band or un...

Thought I’d post this here as I’ve been working with my empower oarlock to see if there’s any more optimisation to come from rigging. Reading around and listening to super users of the empower as well as NK the general advice in a 1x is to try and get 70 degrees at the catch and 40 degrees at the fi...

Another great place for an optical HR monitor is against the temple - I usually use a Polar OH1 under a headband or cap and its perfect, 100% accuracy (although you have to resist the urge to take your hat off!) A Polar watch or apple watch would similarly work in a squeeze but again, worries would ...

Watching the Olympic finals again, I may be wrong but I think the women’s bronze medalist lobnig was using the comp blade

And interestingly it looks like the m1x gold medalist from Greece was using fat2’s!

The pocock x8 is nice and solved the “it doesn’t look cool” problem that the old comp 8s had. It’s stiff, so can take some time for crews to adapt - especially if they’re used to a floppier Kevlar boat like an empacher. Good adjustability, athletes are comfortable sitting in it. Fast crews go fast ...

lt.wolf wrote:Should be, Matt was very responsive sent me some spare parts last year

Odd, ok I’ll try again - I had emailed the info@Oartec email in October and again in December but with no response

With the short rigg, I reckon Fat2s are more suited to a steeper angle to the blade at the catch in the water than Croker arrows. That's one reason I was more comfortable and faster. The other is; that I'm a guy that loves a big powerful finish. The Crokers feel more direct at the catch, but tend t...

Kleshnev's most recent newsletter is a comparison between Fat2, Comp, and Smoothie2 with a single subject sculler. Single sujbect, multiple trials isn't really a good way to assess this - maybe 10 or 15 subjects doing similar sessions with measurements taken wouuld be better but: The data cited sho...

Just curious, I’ve emailed Oartec US a couple of times to ask about the DX but haven’t had a reply - are they still trading?