Moderator: lt.wolf
rowing wrote:Weird that you would catch the tops of waves with the hanging belly of the Fat blade, but not the Comp, as they are precisely the same width. Maybe because of different rigging?
I cannot get past the lack of connection at the finish for either of them. My favorite continues to be original issue cleaver. Smooth faces are overrated.
rowing wrote:Weird that you would catch the tops of waves with the hanging belly of the Fat blade, but not the Comp, as they are precisely the same width. Maybe because of different rigging?
I cannot get past the lack of connection at the finish for either of them. My favorite continues to be original issue cleaver. Smooth faces are overrated.
No way the Comp is smaller than Dreher rounds. Get a set of those and tell us the clean and dirty.platypus wrote:rowing wrote:Weird that you would catch the tops of waves with the hanging belly of the Fat blade, but not the Comp, as they are precisely the same width. Maybe because of different rigging?
I cannot get past the lack of connection at the finish for either of them. My favorite continues to be original issue cleaver. Smooth faces are overrated.
I don't know the scientific reason as to why the Fats2 blade caught the tops of waves in the rough and the Comp didn't. But I did notice this on every occasion, including this morning. I hazard a guess that this may be due to the leghth of the outboard board, and consequent different angles, as you approach the catch. I had the Fats2 rigged with 6cm less outboard than conventional rigg, whereas the Comp oars were rigged 1.5 cm longer than a conventional rigg. Both had 86cm inboard. That makes for a huge difference in oar length, and with the cut away inner sections of the Comp blade, together with a more horizontal and longer reach, probably gave less opportunity for the waves to collect the blades. There's also the fact that the smaller sized comp blades offer less surface area for the wind to catch than any other current oar blade design available. That's why they felt easier to row with in rough & windy conditions.
rowing wrote:They used to say that about the rounds too, until they got dropped for the new shiny thing that came after.
You know what's timeless and always in fashion?
Dedicated training and a commitment to bladework.
platypus wrote: I don't know the scientific reason as to why the Fats2 blade caught the tops of waves in the rough and the Comp didn't. But I did notice this on every occasion, including this morning.
Whaaaatttt. Riddle me this, Fatman????platypus { . . . in another thread . . . } wrote:I noticed this morning that the shorter Fat2 oars give me more height (clearance of the water without any adjustment of the spacers under the oarlock gates).
What's that saying about the horses not the chariot?Stelph wrote:Watching the Olympic finals again, I may be wrong but I think the women’s bronze medalist lobnig was using the comp blade
And interestingly it looks like the m1x gold medalist from Greece was using fat2’s!
