Quick Release Wing Riggers & SSRS – A Winning Combo
There is often a substantial opportunity cost associated with removing conventional wing riggers in order to maximize the storage space in the boathouse. Many athletes and crews will argue the time taken to dismantle each boat after the session comes at a high price for the amount of space gained. How much space is gained from storing the boat and riggers separately? [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left"
How do you Store Rowing Oars? – Part II
Although we are totally biased with regard to who has the best rowing storage solutions, we wanted to know how other clubs managed their boathouse oar storage. In our previous post, we saw a diverse range of horizontal storage applications (Read Part I here). In part II, we will focus our attention on vertical racking solutions. Part II - Vertical Racking Solutions Single Oar Vertical Rack A simple solution for smaller clubs, is the single oar vertical arrangement, as seen below. By lining the
How do you Store your Oars? – Part I
Although we are totally biased with regard to who has the best rowing storage solutions, we wanted to know how other clubs manage their boathouse oar storage. Aside from such a diverse range of methods, we discovered some particularly innovative solutions from within our community. We prefer to store our oars vertically. You can fit a larger number neatly into a smaller space, which frees up more room in your boathouse for other equipment and they are easy to retrieve when needed. But
Can you carry a single scull on a roof rack?
Do you know of any good guidelines for carrying sculling boats on the roof of cars with/ without a full sculling rack? There has been an incident at our club as the bowball was tied down to the bumper and the strap worked loose and came undone and then got caught under a wheel as the car slowed down and wrenched the boat but tying the bowball down was an insurance requirement and I’m not sure how we prevent it
Get to know SSRS
This week, the team at Rowperfect had a chance to catch up with the founder and director of Space Saver Rowing Systems (SSRS), Douglas Lumsden. He shared with us what has been happening recently with SSRS, as well as reflecting back on where the company has come from and what the future holds for rowing boat racking and oar storage products. An interview with SSRS's Douglas Lumsden Douglas, for those who have just discovered SSRS, can you briefly describe what the company does? [fusion_builder_container
An Introduction to Rowing Boat Rigging Maintenance
It's your first time running a maintenance check on your shell, but you are new to rowing and don't quite understand what everything is, or does yet. Let Space Saver teach you rowing boat maintenance in our simple guide. The coach isn't expecting you to pull the boat apart and rebuild it brand new, but you need to understand the basics of how things should be working. Below is an easy to follow guide to looking after some of the more introductory components
Add a splash of colour to your SSRS equipment
Do the standard red shade of SSRS oar racks clash terribly with your club colours? Have you been searching aimlessly for a paint colour that will match perfectly with your lavender purple and tumeric yellow oar blades? Space Saver Rowing Systems feel your pain. That's why we have taken the time to bring you this super handy RAL Colour Conversion chart so we can custom-colour YOUR oar hanging racks. We use powder coated (RAL) colours, for the best finish on our products. Because there are a wide number of colour coding
Spread your wing [riggers]!
If your rowing club has any number of wing rigger boats, you'll be familiar with the struggle of fitting multiple boats into the available boathouse space. If you use quick-release wing riggers and put two singles or doubles on a rack, then storing the riggers is your new problem. Their burly dimensions make them challenging to store efficiently, which compromises the overall number of boats you can fit into your boatshed. Space Saver Rowing Systems have the solution! Our Wing Rigger Brackets will maximise the space for the boat
On the Road Again – A guide to Driving Trailers
Are we there yet?? That is the second worst question you can ask on a trailer drive, the first is "What state do you think the other half of the boat is in?". Some reading this may have plentiful experience in driving large things long distances and on winding roads, and some may be reading this on their cell phone in the drivers seat about to hitch up for the first time. Hopefully everyone can learn a few helpful hints here. What
Old Dog, New Tricks: The Erg “Ab Roller”
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"] If you ever thought an ergometer was just for rowing, think again! One rowing club (and probably countless other innovative individuals) have adapted the standard Concept 2 Erg to another “core” purpose. The Saratoga Rowing Club director, Eric Catalano, claims his athletes have been using the ergometers to train their cores since the mid-nineties. The inspiration, he recalls,