Rowing Illustrated

You might ask someone who repairs boats if they see a difference in quality of different makers--Scott, any thoughts here???

onlyfirstloser wrote:I think im the only one in this regard but I like the vespoli matrix single. Everyone says vespoli is only good for big boats but i like thier small boats as well. Don't know why they have such a bad rap

I think when Vespoli first came out with a single the scullers at the time were not impressed with them. In my view the early singles were being bought by college rowers that rowed Vespoli sweep boat and they went with what they knew. Old history. If they were starting with a clean slate I am not sure how they would be judged now.

Steven M-M wrote:Scott, any thoughts here???

Without getting myself in too much hot water, yes, I have definitely seen that some materials hold up better than others. If I were buying a club boat, or any boat for that matter, I'd want a fair portion of it to be Kevlar.