Current Changes
1. Put the 3mm drain hole on the ali. wing rigger.
Start from July. 17, 2008 ( order RCUK08-05)
2. Use new plastic seat rail wedge
Start from August. 15, 2008 (order FRED08-04)
3. Use 3M safety-walk tape on all of the boats seat deck (tape size 60x100mm, position is 30mm from the sternward edge of seat deck.
Start from July. 17, 2008 ( order RCUK08-05)
4. FG tape over joint of bow and stern canvas, and painted instead of vinyl deck tape.
Start from July. 17, 2008 ( order RCUK08-05)
5. Use new design of pin (uses 8mm nut to attach backstay, not 8mm nut like now). This reduces weight a little, but most importantly, it means that the backstays can be put on and taken off without adjusting the backstay length.
Start from July. 17, 2008 ( order RCUK08-05)
6. New large hatches for 4s, 8s and Freedom boats(180mm internal diameter)
Start from July. 17, 2008 ( order RCUK08-05)
7. New seat system. The seat tops now have flat bottoms, and with one piece of plastic seat spacer we have our standard seat height. If the customer wants to change the seat height, he can take the spacer out, or add another spacer.
Start from August 15, 2008 (order FRED08-04)
8. For Euro rigger, use round cross pipe to connect forestay and mainstays instead of the flat piece (diameter is 210mm for scull, 250mm for sweep).
Start from July. 17, 2008 ( order RCUK08-05)
9. Foot of front stay of Euro rigger and back stay of Back rigger change to 4mm thick, from 3mm.
Start from July. 17, 2008 ( order RCUK08-05)
10. Put the drain bung on all of the boats bow deck, and do not use hatches
Start from July. 17, 2008 ( order RCUK08-05)
11. All boats with crew weights of 85kg to 100kg have the long seat rail (85cm) as standard.
Over 100kg have the long seat rail (88cm) as standard, such as 106, 405 moulds.
Start from Nov. 22, 2007 (order FRED08-01)
12. Use wooden toggles for the rudder wire. These are safer than the white plastic one
Start from May 15, 2008 (order SAUS08-02)
13. Ali back rigger block width being reduce by 20 mm
Start from Oct. 17, 2008 (order RCUK08-06)
14. Coxmate stuff- available
Start from Dec. 04, 2009 (order FRED08-06)
15. NK stuff- available
Start from Jan. 06, 2009 (order FRED09-01)
16. New hard anodized seat rails
Start on container orders received after Dec. 16, 2008.
17. We will use black “thumbscrew nuts” on side stretcher track runners on 1s (Str19), instead of S/S 10mm hex nuts (for 2s, 4s, 8s, we will continue to use tube nuts Str18). Also for fixing Gigs’ coxed seats (part number G23)
Start on container orders received after Dec. 16, 2008.
18. 2mm plastic spacer for wing rigger boats to stop wing rigger scratch boats’ lips surface
Start on container orders received after Dec. 16, 2008.
19. We change the length of bolts supplied with ali wing riggers. These will be 40mm for 1s, 45mm for other boats (enough for 1 white spacer, without being too long).
Start on container orders received after Dec. 16, 2008.
20. New type of plastic flexfoot, with rounded heel, and 2 of 5mm holes in the heel
Start from Oct. 21, 2008 (order WLES08-04)
21. CII oarlocks- supplied as standard.
Magik oarlocks (will be an option)
Start on container orders received after Dec. 16, 2008.
22. "hidden" rudder for all rowing boats
Start on container orders received after Dec. 16, 2008.
23. Using the elastic rope (bungee) with hooks to fix the seat
Start on container orders received after Dec. 16, 2008.
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