FEATURES
PILOT 26, SLIDING SEAT FOUR WITH COX

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The Pilot 26 offers community and club open water rowing programs a boat that is fast, fun and safe. She has fine lines and offers exceptional performance, yet provides a stable platform that allows even novices to build confidence and skill. In experienced hands she can be rowed at six knots for hours under open water conditions. She is light enough to be carried and handled ashore by her crew. Sliding seat tracks are mounted on an integral rowing deck providing a platform that is rigid and quiet.
DESIGN FEATURES
- Primary design objectives - high performance and safety.
- Self resucing - an experienced crew can recover from swamping under most conditions.
- Strict one-design class for competitive and youth rowing programs.
- Designed specifically for sliding seat rowing using standard sweep oars.
- Laminate schedule developed in consultation with leading composites industry experts for lightness and strength.
- LOA 28' 6", Beam 5', Hull weight 200 pounds.
CONSRUCTION
- High performance cored composite construction using woven and unidirectional eglass, unidirectional carbon fiber, Gougeon Pro Set Epoxy Resin (www.prosetepoxy.com) and ATC Core Cell foam. Vacuum bagged and heat cured in the mold.
- Closed flotation compartments and cored construction provide buoyancy if the boat is swamped.
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
- Consistent winner in open water competition.
CYC/OWRI LLC
P. O. Box 248
Phippsburg, Maine 04562-0248 USA
207 389-2749
Email: CYCOWRI@gwi.net
Revised Summer 2007