News

The UK will have a new rate of sales tax (VAT) from 1 December 2008 of 15% down from 17.5%.  This will last until 31 December 2009.

Rowperfect UK is passing on the full amount of the price reduction to its customers.

We reserve the right to amend prices in future if our suppliers change their costs.

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Welcome to the Rowperfect newsletter

We have two new products to show off - Dreher Aero sculls and Oars.  Leading oar designer, Jim Dreher again leads innovation by creating an aerofoil shaft.

Duncan Holland reports from the New Zealand Coaches Conference where Mike Spraklen was guest speaker and we suggest ways to teach novices how to cox safely and quickly.

The winner of our competition from the last newsletter for Mark de Rond's book is Mike Knowles of Tideway Scullers.

And we'll shortly be sending you some suggestions about Christmas presents you may want to give or buy.

Happy rowing!

Grant Craies and Rebecca Caroe

The Dreher Aero is a new design for carbon oars and sculls.  The result is the first oar that attempts to overcome air resistance on the oar shaft and blade in the recovery phase.  The result - a shaft shaped like an aerofoil. Follow link for photos and specifications

We also have more photos of the new Rowperfect Indoor Sculler shown in Boston, USA at the Head of the Charles.

Read Duncan Holland's report on the NZ coaches conference.

Olympic cox, Adrian Ellison, replies to our questions on teaching coxing to beginners.

New products in the Rowperfect Shop

Rowing Voice e-Magazine - produced by Rachel Quarrell and Chris Dodd, this independent rowing magazine covers news, features and fabulous photography from around the world.  Buy a subscription for yourself.

Miniature trophy oars in your club colours.

2009 FISA Rowing Calendar

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Coxmate now offers the Coxmate SRT and SCT with both standard connectors and magnetic connectors. Now you can choose which system best suits your needs.

The standard system best suits clubs that are often changing boats using the same units.

The magnetic connection system best suits clubs that use the same unit in the same boats.

Coxmate also offers gasket kits and extra magnets for current units that may need an additional help in sticking the unit to the plate.

Please get in touch if you want an upgrade for your Coxmate. 

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If you are a graphic designer, Rowperfect UK needs help redesigning two A4 diagrams.

These relate to a new product set we will shortly be selling.  You will have to scan in the current design and then adapt it to improve clarity and save it to pdf.

Please get in touch with us if you can help - we will pay!

Rebecca

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These new sculling oar designs were announced at the FISA Coaches Conference in Paris, November 6-8. The Dreher Aero is a totally new oar for 2009.

The Dreher Aero is a truly revolutionary oar with every aspect of the design, manufacturing process and even the type of carbon used a radical departure from current oar production methods.  The result is the first oar that attempts to overcome speed decreases on the recovery.  These are due to air resistance on the oar shaft and blade as they both move in the same direction at maximum boat and oar shaft velocity. The result - a shaft shaped like an aerofoil.

A detailed Dreher Aero specification page with more details including timescales and engineering design details.

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Rowperfect UK is now selling subscriptions to Rowing Voice e-Magazine - an independent source of news for our sport.

Edited
by Rachel Quarrell and Chris Dodd, it covers international rowing
events around the world and local events in the English-speaking rowing
world.  Each edition contains news, features, coaching and technical
advice, race reports, book reviews, obituaries, puzzles, and pictures
from the best photographers in rowing. 

The Rowing Voice is an independent electronic magazine
published at least ten times a year, with daily supplements during big
events such as the Rowing World Championships and Olympic Games.

You can buy an
annual subscription for £20. 
Published every six weeks during the winter and every 3-4 weeks during
the summer racing season, with in-depth reports from both international
and domestic events.

Buy a Rowing Voice subscription from the Rowperfect shop - or add it to your Christmas List!

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