Resolute Racing Shells

Congratulations to Wellesley for winning their third NEWMAC championship yesterday! And a big shout out to Simmons. We love you all.

Apr 14

Here’s A story from one of our happy customers!

“Today was one of those rare perfect days. Took home gold in the WV4+ and in the unbelievable WV8+ at the Upper Midwest Championship. We had the honor to meet the family of the incredible woman our boat was named after and race for them as they watched on shore, talk about emotional! I got to share this victory with some of the best people you will ever meet.

It had been a tough week of practice and we were really not moving the boat. I had to make a late lineup change because of an illness with an athlete and I also made another lineup change. It was a windy day and we were on the outside lane from shore in lane 2 and 6 was the most protected. The crew that finished second was in lane 6.

We were also racing two NCAA DI programs in Creighton and Drake. The very thought of winning this event which we had previously only won once in 2011 was beyond a long shot. We were underdogs in experience and resources. Our 13 year old Rez vs Vespoli M2 and Pocock winged shells.

It is hard for me to express in words the emotion that I felt as I watched our women pull away at the end of the race to win by 2 seconds in a time of 6:46 over the 1,900 meters.

It was one of the proudest moments I have ever had as a coach. Not because of the importance of the regatta but because of what it meant to the family and how passionately the women rowed for the memory of Angie. When they came off the water, I don’t know if I have ever seen so many smile so big with tears in their eyes.

Apr 10

Congrats Wichita State!

Resolute wants to congratulate Wichita State University winning GOLD at the Upper Midwest Sprints Women’s Varsity 8, Men’s Varsity 8, Men’s Lightweight, 4 Women’s Varsity 4 this past weekend. They raced against NCAA DI programs. They were underdogs in experience and resources. But their 13 year old Resolute bested newer Vespoli M2 and Pocock winged shells. The Resolute victories keep coming!

Mar 25

Congratulations to our old-time customers & friends at Oxford U for dominating Henley!!! Cambridge didn’t have a chance. We send you lots of love from across the pond. #oxford #henley #resolute #resoluteshellarebetterthanslicedbread

http://theboatrace.org/women/news-article/98/oxford-dominate-henley-boat-races-2013

Mar 06

RESOLUTE™ RACING SHELLS TEAMS UP WITH CRAWFORD HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPOSITES

RESOLUTE™ RACING SHELLS TEAMS UP WITH CRAWFORD HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPOSITES

PROVIDENCE, R.I., March 7, 2013 – Resolute Racing Shells, the global leader in elite racing shell manufacturing, has partnered with Crawford High Performance Composites, known for its expertise in the motorsports racing industry, to create custom racing shells. The bespoke Crawford/Resolute Design shells will feature proprietary aerospace composite technology that will ensure world-class performance and light weight combined with legendary stiffness and three times the durability. A prototype will be available May 2013 and introduced at the Men’s Eastern Sprints and the Women’s NCAA tournament. To date, several Crawford/Resolute Design shells have been pre-sold.

“For the past 25 years, the name ‘Crawford’ has been linked to some of auto racing’s fastest and most successful cars,” states Misha Joukowsky, president and CEO of Crawford High Performance Composites. “We are delighted to partner with Resolute Racing to create an unparalleled shell, ideal for international competition as well as elite level collegiate and junior programs.”

For more than 40 years, Max Crawford has been a driving force in sports car racing. His customers include teams from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, Izod INDYCAR, Sports Car Club of America, World of Outlaws, Grand American Road Racing Association, American Le Mans Series, Vintage Racing and the World Endurance Championship. Crawford pioneered the introduction of autoclaved composite laminates for the American race industry and his company was the first American, privately owned, non-aerospace company to build a complete carbon fiber composite car in 1990, the Mazda RX7-92P for competition in the IMSA series. All manufacturing is performed on site in Denver, North Carolina, supported by Crawford’s design, aero and mechanical engineering teams.

For the past 19 years, Resolute Racing Shells has constructed boats for medal-winning collegiate crews including Brown, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cal and numerous others. In fact, the company’s shells have won the NCAA Division I women’s championship 10 times since the program’s inception 17 years ago. In 1999, Cal set a world’s best time in a Resolute at the IRA’s of 5:23.6 that eclipsed all Olympic records to that point and still stands as one of the fastest collegiate times ever.

On the international scene, Resolute Racing Shells also medal, winning the Oxford/Cambridge Women’s Lightweight race 12 out of the past 18 years and placing first in two categories during 2012’s 130^th Royal Canadian Henley Regatta.

The Bristol, Rhode Island-based company started when its founders combined their knowledge of America’s Cup racing hulls, hydrodynamics and pre-preg carbon fiber to completely reshape the exterior of the hull, dramatically increasing stiffness and decreasing drag-inducing wetted surface without sacrificing the balance essential for reliable rowability. This discovery was engineered into a monocoque hull that eliminated the need for secondary bonded parts. This modification further increased the hull’s durability and rigidity. This new “Z” hull instantly advanced to the sport’s cutting edge, where it began a complete revolution in shell technology and transformed the sport of rowing. In fact, the very first boat built won the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta in its first outing and is still being raced and winning medals.

Resolute Racing continues to make advancements in shell design and components. They also supply parts and provide regular and emergency maintenance/repair services on all brands of boats. For more information, call 401-253-7384 or visit www.resoluteracing.com.

Jan 17

Resolute racing shells consistently faster!

“We are planning to buy a fleet of new boats so we tested our old RESOLUTES against a couple of new Kings. In head to head racing, the RESOLUTES were consistently faster and both my elite boys and my elite girls rowers who have rowed in all brands of boats told me that they preferred the REOLUTES by a wide margin over the Kings.”