Object Detail
Object Name
seat
Description
Polystyrene seat from 'Carbon Tiger' Racing eight, prototype carbon fibre boat.
This boat was designed by John Vigurs and moulded at British Aerospace, Weybridge, in 1976. It was tried by the British Olympic crew and their coach, Bob Janousek, at Thorpe Water Park and taken to the Olympic Games in Montreal under wraps. Equipment breakage caused the crew to distrust it, and it remained in reserve, The strength of its materials and the rigidity of the monocoque hull dispensed with a frame. Within a few years of its appearance, composite materials based on carbon replaced wood for racing boat construction.
This boat was designed by John Vigurs and moulded at British Aerospace, Weybridge, in 1976. It was tried by the British Olympic crew and their coach, Bob Janousek, at Thorpe Water Park and taken to the Olympic Games in Montreal under wraps. Equipment breakage caused the crew to distrust it, and it remained in reserve, The strength of its materials and the rigidity of the monocoque hull dispensed with a frame. Within a few years of its appearance, composite materials based on carbon replaced wood for racing boat construction.
Accession No
1999.17.2
Collection
Rowing
Associated Date
1976
Associated Period
20th century
Associated Event
Olympic Games Montreal, 1976
Date
1976