Sweep and Scull Maintenance advice

Advertisements

We got an enquiry from Seema Khehar of Putney Town Rowing Club

  • Hi Rebecca,
  • Quick query for you – I (and a couple of others from PTRC) bought our
    Dreher Sculls from you. Is there any maintainence I can do on the
    sculls – the shaft and spoons are getting pretty battered. We were not
    sure if there was a product we can use to spruce up again…
  • Kind Regards
  • Seema

Here is our reply:

Suggested Maintenance

  1. To clean the sculls, use white spirit twice a year this removes all grease and watermarks.
  2. Wash the handles using detergent and a sponge to keep grips grease-free every week.
  3. When you come in to land turn the spoons so the tips are down to the ground and dont allow them to scrape along the ground as this wears out the back of the spoon. The back of the spoon is important for hydrodynamic lift https://www.rowperfect.co.uk/news/hydrodynamic-lift-why-its-important-in-oar-and-scull-design/
  4. Pushing off from the bank, square the blade so it pushes equally off the length of the spoon tip so one part doesnt wear more than others

Replacing scull parts

Ultimately, the sculls will wear out. But the Dreher design is modular. It is comprised three parts handle, shaft and spoon. If you want to replace one part we can do this for you. For example, if the corners of your spoons are worn we can replace just the spoons and you an re-use the shafts and handles and get a refurbished set of sculls for a good price.

  • Each scull blade £66.55
  • Each scull shaft with button and sleeve £83.19
  • Each scull handle £45.00

Labour £25 per hour. Itll take one hour to change the spoon or shaft. You can replace the handles yourself with an 8mm spanner.

We consider it important for clubs and individuals who own Drehers that if you have a breakage or your sculls wear out, you can get them refurbished without having to go to the expense of buying a whole new set.

Tideway Scullers School had a quad set of Big Blade Dreher Sculls- they chose to replace the spoons on these and then to re-use the old, more worn spoons with new Club scull design shafts and handles (Club sculls are cheaper) thus making up two quad sets for less than the price of a new set.

Advertisements

Subscribe to our Newsletter for more information:

Our Rowing Network

Did you like this post? Support this blog and our network by donating

Feel like Rowing again? Visit the Shop at coastal-boats.eu!

Shop
Accessories, equipment, boats, clothing

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Related Posts

Whether it’s sports, nutrition or equipment, you’ll find what you’re looking for in one of these categories

Categories

Everything about rowing – browse through our large archive or search for articles of your choice

Archive

Search Blog

Search

Rowing Network

Do you like our posts? Support this blog and our network by donating

Newsletter

Get all latest content and news!