Delaware River Rowing Club has a 1991 Vespoli mid-Heavyweight straight sweep four for sale.
Forget Boys in the Boat, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to own a boat named after the 1952 Olympic gold medal 8+ crew from the Naval Academy! You too could own a piece of history!
Serial number IAD4 HCU18 212
Model: Ultralight
Weight range unclear from serial number, believed to be 175-210lbs from experience.
Carbon seats
No sculling riggers, but can assist with specs if you want to order them
Located in Burlington NJ
Asking $650, Or Best Offer
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The boat was owned and cared for by navy originally, sold in 2021 and used for recreational masters since, with seldom use in 2023. The shell still has life left for a learn to row masters or juniors program. Selling to raise money for launch repairs. Make any offer you think is fair and we will consider.
Additional pictures:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tWz2IMEVNSV3fjDRkYHPgxQR1TFkgOQ5
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I think it's a 175-210lbs boat. It's possible it's closer to 165-200lbs, but it's hard to say. There's toe steering in the boat and all parts are in working order. If toe steering is not desired I can easily remove it. Footboards were serviced in 2023 and all rivets repalced with stainless steel bolts/nuts.
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I think I have 4 additional sweep pins for the boat to include but I need to double check that they are the right style, TBD. Its possible I can sell 4 older sweep oars (wooden handled Smoothies, or adjustable handle big blades needing new grips) for an additional fee, TBD.
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There's some ducttape in the boat that covers some slight degradation of the fiberglass seat deck supports/arches. Nothing crazy, but we didn't want it to get worse from splashing water so we added the ductape. I can peal some back and get pictures if desired
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There's ductape in the footwells only for shoe wear. We had a different 2x where the shoes started to wear a hole in the bottom, so we put tape under the shoes in all the 90s boats so we would catch the wear in the tape and replace the tape before it gets to the hull.
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The bow hit a dock in 2022 and got scraped up below the water line. We fiberglassed it, covered it in resin, and then spray painted the bottom (Primer, paint, clear coat). We haven't used the boat in a year, but I recall it takes on a little water in the bow compartment over the course of a practice. Not enough that it ever concerned us, but maybe an inch of water in the bow deck. I really don't recall the ammount, but we were comfortable rowing the boat and knew we wouldn't sink. The highschool in our boathouse used it once or twice in the fall and they didn't have any complaints about the water. I should have photos of the repair process.
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Transport can be arranged at buyers expense through janette boat works
Posted by: Evan Koch (Burlington, NJ - US)