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| Brief Description: A prototype rowing eight designed Luigi Colani in 1972. |
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| Subject Date: 1972 |
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| Creator: Luigi Colani |
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| Owner: River and Rowing Museum |
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| Contributor: River and Rowing Museum |
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| Full Description: A prototype eight was designed by Luigi Colani for Karl Adam, coach of the Federal Republic fo Germany Olympic eight in 1972. A one piece titanium frame incorporating outriggers is covered by an opaque composite skin (epoxy, glass and carbon fibre), resulting in a very strong boat weighing only 65-70 kilograms, about 40 kilos less than the lighteste eights then available. Unconventional in every way, the boat proved very fas in a test, but was disabled by a fault in the seats which run on ballbearing on the tracks. It was never used, earning the nickname Glass Casket. One piece titanium frame with outriggers incorporated. |
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| Place: Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire |
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| Dimensions: Height: 1920mm, Width: 2560mm |
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| Subject: River, Rowing, Thames, Enjoying |
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| Content Type: Artifact |
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| Location: River and Rowing Museum, Henley on Thames |
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| Unique ID: tp-rr-m60-i-00-001.jpg |
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| IPR: ThamesPilot |
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