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expert, Dr. Carl Scragg, they were the first to simulate shell movement in a tow tank with “unsteady” surge and pitch. Thus the “D” hull model was born. The "D" hull which became wildly accepted and praised during the 1990s had a very inauspicious start. Some contest that the United States
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Ltd, was building shells that sandwiched honeycomb between composite fibers. "I saw a very advanced shell, realizing, in
America at the time, we were rowing in either traditionally built wooden shells or a wooden shell frame with fiberglass skin over it," Vespoli said. He began to augment a modest
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Vespoli. In 1986 Vespoli moved production to its current location in New Haven. In 1988, Vespoli initiated the most comprehensive rowing shell research ever. Utilizing the talents of America’s Cup winning naval architect Bruce Nelson and hydrodynamics’
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V1 - It is constructed of multiple layers of intermediate modulus, unidirectional carbon fiber and Nomex
Honeycomb cured at 250 degrees. The V1 model features Vespoli’s ‘rhino skin’ (ultra-dense carbon layers) providing maximum impact resistance and
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Ultralite II - Upgraded version of the
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