Rowing - 1X World Championships 1982 - Sliding riggers

[EdonRowing]

Sliding riggers and wooden macon oars. One is banned and the other obsolete, how times change.

[tfvandaalen]

Does someone know where to see those empacher boats with sliding rigger?

[ALLDALI]

I have tried an Empacher with sliding riggers in 1985 - but it was as strange feeling then...

[theSculler]

The idea sure was great, but IMHO it also took much of the beauty from rowing. The real point in good technique (and we know how difficult it is!) is in having a smooth recover and quick catch, gently "riding" the boat and controlling the negative forces that make the stern pitch. Ironically Kolbe, who popularized sliding riggers through his 1981 victory, was an absolute master in this respect, so (again, IMHO) he was the one who needed sliding riggers less.

[cougar1515]

thats sick... :O

[thepower3]

Does the seat move in a sliding rigger boat? They look awesome!

[martindetuede]

Nope the footplate and riggers move but the seat is fixed (hence direct transfer of power to blades) Ace idea but banned for competition

[ajgsa076]

no seat stay still and rigger (connected to footplate) moves towards and away fro you. It pitched the boat a lot less

[ALLDALI]

My friend is collecting great skiffs - and he is now buying the skiff of Rudiger Reiche used the year before !

[rowermc]

A skiff with sliding riggers ?

[ALLDALI]

no with fixed riggers.

[BionicBen2009]

@ALLDALI I have Uwe Mund's single in which he won the silver in 1983. A very fast VEB-boat and still in mint condition.

[22512587]

they should bring these back. i would think every team could afford new boats every year now days.

[69yono]

Kinda hard to see but they look awesome

[shpilzak]

I wander what would these rowers do with today's technology. Anyway races were interesting 25 years ago.

[m0ffx]

Sliding riggers are faster than the sliding seats used before and today, because the rower is fixed instead of moving relative to the boat, meaning you don't get the momentum exchange between rower and boat, giving a much smoother motion, as you can see.

They were banned (at Olympic level) because the advantage was such that every nation would need to upgrade their boats to reasonably compete, and this was considered unfair on poorer nations.

[hotty198]

seems kind of odd considering even poor nations could spare the small cost of changing the boat to sliding riggers. dont the sponsors pay for this stuff anyway? good advertising for them.

[hotty198]

u still get the weight momentum of the rigger legs and bending forward.

[pffniksbeterstedoen]

Compare a pair of legs and a rigger (30kg)to your entire weight(90kg)

[jihadforcash]

biglow was one of the coaches i had at navy camp =D

[stinkymonkeypoo]

i wish i knew what the announcers were saying...

[1asics1]

cool.. my onkel is in lane 3. Hans Svensson :P

[lakerbaseball6a]

min pappa!