SWIFT Elite Plus Eight Rowing Boat

Specifically for use in competition, built to fit FISA minimum weight. Outer skin of Kevlar cloth, inner skin of mostly carbon cloth, with carbon seat decks and carbon reinforcing on the sax boards and keel. A high performance racing boat.

Boat construction
Hull: Honeycomb core with outer skin of Kevlar cloth, inner skin of mostly carbon cloth, and carbon reinforcing. Full Carbon shoulders.
Sax boards and canvas decks: Honeycomb core with carbon and Kevlar skins, and carbon reinforcing. Canvas decks are honeycomb core with Kevlar skins
Seat deck: High density closed cell PVC foam core with carbon and Kevlar skins.

Swift Racing Boats are manufactured in a modern, fully integrated factory, using proven materials and production processes. All boats are heat-cured under vacuum using epoxy resins for maximum structural integrity and stiffness. Even the lowest cost boats (Club A and Club B) use honeycomb cores on the canvas decks and sax boards, and PVC for the seat deck and keel in order to provide additional stiffness and minimize the overall weight. Swift uses different materials to offer 4 “grades” of boats. Each grade is finished to the same high standard, but has a different price point, and may be more suitable for certain situations and environments.