Other features
Safety
Boat colours
The standard colour for Swift boats is white hull and
canvas decks, with black tips for the bow and stern, and black
trim on the saxboard tops and wave breaker. Deck tape is
black. We use 3 coats of a UV resistant polyurethane paint
to help protect your boat.
For custom colours we offer 3 choices
(see "prices" page for details);
| A. Standard design but change the trim and bow/stern tip colour from black to another colour. | ![]() |
| B. Standard design but change the main colour from white, change the trim colour or leave it as black. | ![]() |
| C. Other custom colour. |
Section Boats
All eights are section boats (2 pieces), in line with FISA's rules of racing. All other boats, singles, doubles and fours can be built as 1 piece boats, or for easy transportation and storage as 2 piece boats. Please see the prices page for details. There will be an increase in boat weight of approximately 1kg for singles and doubles, and 2kg for fours and eights.
Crew weights guide
| kg | 45 | 50 | 55 | 60 | 65 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 100 | 105 | 110 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St/lb | 7/1 | 7/12 | 8/9 | 9/6 | 10/3 | 11 | 11/11 | 12/8 | 13/5 | 14/2 | 14/13 | 15/10 | 16/7 | 17/4 |
| lbs | 99 | 110 | 121 | 132 | 143 | 154 | 165 | 176 | 187 | 198 | 209 | 220 | 231 | 242 |
Boat weight
Reasons for the wide range of "over-weightedness" within any one grade of boat;
- Sweep rigged boats tend to be less over FISA minimum weight than scull rigged boats.
- Bigger boat classes (8s and 4s) tend to be less over FISA minimum weight than smaller boat classes (1x and 2x/-).
- Boats for lightweights tend to be lighter than boats for heavy crews.
Coxed Boats
All eights are stern coxed boats, in line with FISA's rules of racing. Fours can be built as either top coxed/front loaders, or as stern coxed boats.
Delivery
Please ask about delivery arrangements at time of order.