Virus Rowing Scull With Sliding Rigger System (16' Long)

This is my Virus scull which is for sale due to my house move. Hopefully the pictures give you all the information you need. I don't know of its age but guessing it is old-ish - see the pic of the registration plate - YJ160. Therefore it has some inevitable wear and tear scratches etc as you might expect. In particular it has a SLIDING RIGGER SYSTEM ie a sliding rigger and not a sliding seat.

You can read about the advantages of this in the link below to the Virus website (an unfortunate name in the current situation!) and in the notes here below. Lots of technical reasons why this is a good system. I paid £725 for it about 15 months ago after some close bidding here on classifieds board but have not used it since then due to changes in my circumstances. So why not grab yourself a bargain now! My Virus scull is based in East London near Canning Town (E13) but I could bring it to Hastings where I now live if that would help you. http://www.rowvirusboats.com/virus/turboII.html#:~:text=A%20single%20scull%20that's%20great%20for%20exercise%2C%20training%20and%20touring.&text=More%20broad%20abeam%20than%20most,a%20great%20price%2Dperformance%20value.

Key features are:- launching trolley included- recyclable hull polyethylene rotomolded- 22" 'beam for good stability, long "built-in" skeg for good tracking- unsinkable and 95% self-bailing- tough and maintenance-free hull- under 16' long for easy storage , handling and transport- rigging/stretcher adjustments without tools- Martinoli gated oarlocks - storage compartment- fore and aft cleats What are the advantages of a sliding rigger over a sliding seat? One of the most important skills in competitive sculling is handling the recovery, from release to catch, during which you move your body aft in the boat while your oars are out in the water. Good scullers manage to get their hands out of the flow, follow with their torso and finally pull themselves smoothly aft with their feet without greatly checking the boat's run through the water. No matter how well this is done, however, the momentum of a human body moving aft has a significant impact on the boat when all that weight has to stop and start forward again. Technical Aspects of the Sliding RiggerNot only does the rowers momentum work against the boat's run it works against the power transmitted to the oars.

A portion, small but measurable, of the rower's power goes to starting and stopping his or her body. When the rower weighs 180 pounds and the sliding rigger mechanism weighs only 8 pounds, it takes a lot less power to accelerate the rigger than the rower's body, leaving more energy for the oar. In addition to the inertial effect of a rower's weight moving forward and aft every two seconds, that same weight transfer is pushing first the bow then the stern deeper in the water. With 100+ pounds moving back and forth over 18 inches or so, the bow and stern will alternately burn an inch or more on every stroke. If the rower's body can remain stationary in the boat, momentum checks and bobbing are eliminated.