On behalf of everyone here at WinTech & King Racing, I want to personally thank you for your business and support. We work hard to make sure every part of your interaction with our people and product is the absolute best it can be, and hope it pays off for you or your program on the water.
As we wind down another great year in rowing, we wish you and yours the very best holiday season, and look forward to serving you in 2016.
Thanks a million.
Brendan Crotty | President
WinTech & King Racing
WinTech Racing recently contributed to row2k.com’s “Ask the Boatbuilder” feature. The topic: choosing between carbon vs Kevlar boats.
“As a boat company that supplies both carbon and Kevlar models, we get this question all the time. When choosing between a carbon and Kevlar boat, one should not consider the basic characteristics of each material as better or faster, without also factoring in the specific use of the boat to reach a decision; e.g. experience level of crew, water conditions, training or racing…” READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
On November 20th, the World Rowing Federation (FISA) announced its 2015 award recipients. WinTech’s chief designer, Klaus Filter, received the Distinguished Service to International Rowing award. Per FISA’s website:
“Filter is known for revolutionising boat building. He began as a rower in East Germany and moved to boat building as a way to help support his family. Filter’s innovative ideas included bringing composite materials into boat building. He was a FISA commission member for a number of years and is known for always helping a rower with a boat problem.”
Filter is most known for integrating the human element into the evaluation and development of boat shape and waterline design. His designs, which all WinTech shells are based on, are of the most internationally decorated in the history of the sport.
WinTech Racing is proud to sponsor the first-ever Red Bull High Stakes regatta to be held on U.S. waters. On Saturday, August 22 along rowing’s famed Charles River in Boston, 16 teams consisting of an Eight, Quad, Double, and Single will relay along a 500-meter course with a 180 degree stake turn at the midpoint. Teams will compete in a head-to-head format with the top two times from the heats squaring off in a winner-take-all final.
To further put the focus on the athletes, as a measure to create as level a playing field as possible, all crews will compete in boats provided by WinTech Racing. The fleet will consist of WinTech small boats & King 8s that crews will hot-seat throughout the day.
For more information on how to follow the event, visit twitter.com/redbullBOS.
Dr. Valery Kleshnev of BioRow Ltd. – a rowing biomechanics consulting company – recently performed a drag factor test of four singles, one of which was the WinTech Medalist.
Per the April 2015 newsletter:
“Four singles of different brands were recently tested in an indoor tank (600m long, 16m wide, 7m depth, constant temperature +16 C) at Krylov State Research Centre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
The boats were:
The purposes of the test were to define the drag factors of each boat using two methods: rowing and towing, and then to find their correlation.”
The findings favored the Medalist, citing:
“Summary of the results of rowing and towing measurements: WinTech boat had the lowest average drag factor, Empacher 0.78% higher, Nowing 2.35% higher, and Filippi 2.95% higher. At the propulsive power 400W (rowing power 508W and time at 2km race about 6:35), above differences in the drag factor would give the advantage to WinTech of 1.02seconds over Empacher, 3.06s over Nowing, and 3.84s over Filippi.“
For the full article visit biorow.org. More information about the WinTech Medalist.