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Caribiana sea skiffs are outfitted to each customers wishes with mahogany or teak wood finishes. Having been described as having “graceful” hull shaping and “classic” wood detailing, the ease and maneuvering of this lightweight boat with a shallow draft make it popular with boaters because it can go where similarly sized boats cannot.
The first lightweight events were added to the World Championships in 1974 for men and 1985 for women. [1] Lightweight rowing was added to the Olympics in 1996 but this came under threat in 2002 when the Programme Commission of the IOC recommended that, outside combat sports and weightlifting, there should not be weight category events.
In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood notes that the, "Dolphin is a lateen-rigged cat board boat, slightly longer than most. Capacity for reasonable sailing is two adults." [2] Randle B. Moore wrote about the design in 2011, saying, "the Dolphin Senior is one of many small sailboats patterned after the world's most produced boat, the Sunfish.
The most revolutionary boat of this period was the lightweight boat Result, from New Zealand, which was cold moulded with 2 skins of Kahikatea glued together and nailed to lightweight Mangeao bent steamed frames every 21 1/2 inches. At 6 ft 3inches Result was narrower than the conventional boats but still had the same full bow sections typical ...
In 2008, Kennett's varsity lightweight crew won the Eastern Sprints title, the Jope Cup for lightweight supremacy, and the IRA title for a record third straight year. In 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 the varsity boat went to the Henley Royal Regatta and raced in the Temple Challenge Cup , placing second in 2006 and 2007 to Oxford Brookes ...
In competitive rowing events, abbreviations are used for different boat classes. Weight. L, LWT or Lt: Lightweight rowing; If not present the crew is open weight; Age. J: Junior(Under 19 years of age) B: Senior B (Under 23 years of age) Masters: over 27, includes a letter designation for the average age of the crew: A – 27 years of age and older