Fat Smoothie Blade

Fat Blade Our new blade shape extends the ideas that led to the Big Blade, the Smoothie and the Vortex Edge. Our approach has been as follows:

  1. Alter the shape of the blade to decrease the amount of slip.
  2. Decrease the outboard length to achieve the correct load.
  3. Test on the water to confirm effectiveness.

Using this process, we have had favorable test results with the following blade designs:

New Scull

New Sweep

NOTE: These blades should be ordered about 5cm shorter (if rowed with the same spread and inboard as the Smoothie or Big Blade) to achieve similar loading.