Rowing shell : classic single scull ARWEN MARINE
YOLE DE CHESTER

The Chester Yawl is built of Okoume marine plywood (very light) in 6 mm for the planking, 9 mm for the bulkheads and frames, as well as the floorboards, forward decking and aft seat, and 12 mm for the transom, breasthook, quarter knees and skeg. The rubrail is mahogany. The bottom planks receive a glassfiber/epoxy layer inside and out.

Floorboards cover all the "open" part of the hull, 2.80m, in 3 removable panels. The "platform" makes the Chester Yawl a highly versatile boat: you row from a mobile seat which allows you to adjust you rowing position with regard to the fixed oarlocks. A footbrace is locked in the floorboards holes, transmitting the rowing effort to the boat. With the three rowing stations (available as an option by addition of two pairs of risers and oarlock sockets, standard is one), you can choose any of four rowing combinations, very widely varying the uses of the Chester Yawl.

Adding a sliding seat rig turns the Chester Yawl into an open sea exercise rower, capitalizing on the boat's incredible sea keeping qualities. Indeed, the Yawl is not only a very elegant boat, its important volume forward combines with its thin lines to warrant a powerful and safe ride through the chop. The hull's considerable stability allows you to maintain speed when coditions get tricky. In case of real trouble, the Yawl is equipped with a very large flotation compartment forward, balaced with a smaller one under the aft seat.

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