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  • Club Sculls (Recreational, Open Water, Touring, Entry Level and Youth)

    Overview Specs Price List

    These sculls are both adjustable length scull with a more traditional, Open Water, Touring or Youth blade design or are the lower cost Fixed Length sculls without an option package entry level recreational sculler that does not yet know what option to choose.

    Fixed Length Sculls: The Dreher Fixed Length Sculls are an option for the quality and cost conscious rowing consumer. These sculling oars are produced with no options. Their specifications have the greatest appeal to the greatest segment of the sculling population. Many scullers have little idea as to what grip to get or what handle size, rig or stiffness is required. We have designed a high quality Dreher carbon sculling oar with no frills. We offer a shorter black nylon sleeve with green and red buttons instead of the longer adjustable length sleeves. In addition, only the popular BB2198 asymmetrical hatchet blade shape is offered direct from the factory. The shaft is less stiff and has a circular design. The oar length is 289 cm with an 88 cm inboard at mid-sleeve. This oar should appeal to all scullers except for the top scullers, who generally like the ability to customize their sculls. These oars are especially suited to those individuals who are not interested in multiple choices and who most closely fit the norm.

    Dreher Adjustable Length Club Sculls: These sculls are designed for the high-end recreational, master or youth customer, who wants the same choice of specifications as the competitive adjustable scull customers. The features and adjsutments include Adjustable Length, 4 Blade types, 3 shaft levels of stiffness, choice of average oar length/inboard with +/- 5 cm of adjustment, with three handle sizes and multiple grip and color options.

    • APEX-R: This blade type is attracted to two different populations: the competitive flat water racer and the Open Water or Touring boat rower. The smaller, rounded blade area is suitable for the rougher conditions four in open water rower and the harder load found with larger displacement “hulled boat”.

      This blade size and shape appeals to the following groups of scullers:

      • those Who row in ocean or rough water conditions in recreational boats,
      • those who are interested in improving rowing technique,
      • those who are are entry level youth rowers that would like a more modern blade shape and/or
      • those Who like to row a more up tempo style.

    • LBB: This Little Big Blade (LLB) blade has a blade area almost identical to the LS1999 (Large Symmetrical) in blade area, but it is the narrower version of the Big Blade (BB2198).

      The LBB Sculling Oars were initially designed for European Touring boat scullers and has become a favorite Open Water / Recreational design in the US. It appeals to youth scullers, lightweight women and touring rowers. We have found that blades are appropriate for what we call recreational rowers, open water rowers, young junior rowers and lightweight women that also want the adjustable length feature and the option to choose their own specifications. The oars are made of the same high quality molding process used on our other competition adjustable length sculls.

      This blade size and shape appeals to the following groups scullers:

      • those who like the hatchet shape,
      • who row in rough water,
      • who are youth scullers; and/or
      • Who are slight of build masters.

    • LS1999: This blade shape (i.e., the large symmetrical or sometimes called the “Big Macon” was designed for masters and recreational rowers still used the symmetrical "Macon" spoon shape blade, but rowed in the range length range as the Big Blade family of blades. This "symmetrical" blade has almost the same area as the Big Blade and shortened the length of the oars. The LS1999 blade shape has a surface area that is 97% that of the BB2198. The width of the blade is 19 cm, only 2 cm narrower than a BB21. The average length of the scull was set at 288 cm, with +/-5 cm adjustment in the handle, the same as a standard Big Blade scull. The proportions of the blade are reminiscent of the "tulip" shape blades in the 60's which were shorter and wider than the typical Macon shape.

    • 18 cm Macon - Touring: These are adustable length sculls with an 18CM wide Macon blade that are sold to the traditional recreation and touring market. It is a shape that is mid-way between the Kinder and and LS1999. This blade shape has been almost exclusively sold in Europe.

    • Kinder Sculls: They are the traditional 17CM wide by 52CM long Macon blades that are perfect for young rowers with a total oar length of 289-290CM. This blade shape has been almost exclusively sold in Europe up until now.

    These three categories cover the full range of scullers from the top end elites to the entry level recreational scullers and to serious open water enthusiasts.

    Dreher High-end Adjustable Length Sculls
    Length Adjustment:+/- 5 cm of continuous adjustment standard.
    Replaceable blade:standard feature
    Blade Shape:LS1999 (large symmectrical), LBB, "Kinder", 18 cm Touring or APEX-R.
    Blade Weight/Balance Point Options:Not an option.
    Rig:Average Length and Average inboard set by customer.
    Collars & Sleeves:STS white sleeves with back collars or SRS black or red sleeves with red or black collars.
    Handle sizes:Three handle sizes that range between 3.3 cm - 3.8 cm. in diameter with the grip (i.e., small, medium or large handles).
    Grip type:Choice of Stämpfli (orange); Martinoli (black, blue, green, yellow, light orange, pink or red), STS (black), or the new Row-Wik grip wrap (black, royal blue, bright red or bright yellow)
    Weight:Varies with shaft stiffness and blade weight selected (under 1350 grams per oar depending on the options selected)
    Balance point:Variable (depending on shaft stiffness, blade weight and average oar length selected).
    Shaft Stiffness:Standard or Less Stiff.
    Construction:Unidirectional carbon prepreg and syntactic foam core for the blade.
    Blade Surface preparation:Class "A" black high gloss finish as standard; Options for additional cost - Buffing; priming or priming and painting one base color.

    Dreher Carbon Fixed Length Sculls
    Length Adjustment:Not an option; all sculls are set and 289 cm in length.
    Replaceable blade:standard feature
    Blade Shape:BB2198 is the only option
    Blade Weight/Balance Point Options:Not an option.
    Rig:Average Length set at 289 cm, with adjustable collars only.
    Collars & Sleeves:Martinoli black sleeves with red and green collars.
    Handle sizes:One size is available - medium.
    Grip type:black rubber.
    Weight:Fixed Length sculls weigh less due to soft shaft and shorter handle. The weight is under 1300 grams.
    Balance point:No option or variability.
    Shaft Stiffness:Less Stiff.
    Construction:Unidirectional carbon prepreg and carbon pregreg twill and syntactic foam core for the blade.
    Blade Surface preparation:Blade Surface preparation: Class "A" black high gloss finish as standard; no buffing or painting options.

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    Item Description Price
    01A00 HIGH MODULUS CARBON SCULLS: BBX, APEX-X, RX AND REX $748.00
    01A00B EHX (ELLIPTICAL HYDRODYNAMIC 2012 SCULLS) - HIGH MODULUS $778.00
    01A01 CARBON SCULLS - ADJ. 288/88 +/- 5 CM $542.00
    01A01B EH (ELLIPTICAL HYDRODYNAMIC 2012) SCULLS $572.00
    01A02 CARBON SCULLS - FIXED $428.00
    01A06 CARBON TANK SCULLS (For Dreher Tanks Only) set $570.00
    01M21 SCULL HANDLE - SMALL, MEDIUM OR LARGE $50.00
    01M25 SCULL HANDLE - FIXED $43.00
    01M27 HANDLE ENDS (RECREATIONAL) $4.00
    01M41 SCULL HANDLE CLAMP $9.00
    01P51 HANDLE DECAL $1.50
    01P52 SLEEVE DECAL $2.00
    01P55 NEW DREHER DECAL - REFLECTIVE $1.75
    01P62 SCULL SLEEVE - MARTINOLI (Fixed Length) PER PAIR $25.00
    01P64 SCULL COLLAR - MARTINOLI (RED AND GREEN) PER PAIR $16.50
    01P66 SCULL SLEEVE SRS (BLACK OR RED) PER PAIR $28.00
    01P67 SRS SCULL COLLARS (BLACK OR RED) PER PAIR $17.50
    01P70 ROW-WIK SCULL GRIP WRAP (PER PAIR) $14.00
    01P71 SCULL GRIP: ORANGE STAEMPFLI (PER PAIR) $23.00
    01P73 SCULL GRIP: MARTINOLI (PER PAIR) $17.00
    01P73S2 MARTINOLI GRIPS - 2 PAIR (SPECIALS) $29.00
    01X91 SURFACE PREP & PRIME SCULLS $75.00
    01X92 PRIME, PAINT & CLEAR COAT SCULLS 1 PR $125.00
    01X95 SURFACE PREP PRIOR TO PAINTING: 1 PR SCULL BLADES $20.00
    02P69B OVERGRIP STD. (1.5 INCHES WIDE BY 5 YDS. LONG) $2.50
    02P69BS OVERGRIP STD (1.5 INCHES WIDE BY 5 YDS. LONG) 5 ROLL SPECIAL $10.00
    08A07 PADDED SCULL BAG - BLUE; WITH FULL LENGTH ZIPPER, WITH HANDLE $109.00
    08A12 SCULL OAR BAG - NYLON UNPADDED, FULL LENGTH, RED/BLUE $75.00
    08P974 WRENCH 8 MM $2.75
    Prices current as of April 15, 2013

    Product Highlights
    Product Highlight
    (click on the thumbnails below for a closer look)
    Fixed Length Scull (port oar shown with a red collar); Starboard not shown (with a green collar)
    Apex-R Blade
    Little Big Blade (LBB) Vs. BB2198 Blade Area
    LS1999 Blade, back
    Three Macon Blade Shapes: 18cm Touring; 17cm Kinder and 19cm LS1999 (from top to bottom)

    Other Sculls Options
  • Dreher High Modulus Custom Sculls
  • Dreher Adjustable Length Competition Sculls
  • Club, Rec & Youth Sculls

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    Dreher - Durham Boat Company, Inc.
    220 Newmarket Rd. (Route 108)
    Durham, NH 03824, USA
    603-659-7575 - 603-659-6565
    Email: Cfuerst@durhamboat.com
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