A solo version of the Savo 650D, the 575S is a fast, stable, beautiful Finnish rowing machine. With comparable performance characteristics to the 650D, the 575S is lighter and shorter, making it more appropriate for a single rower. Car-toppable and fast, the 575S is a great year-round trainer, smooth recreational tourer, and voluminous expedition boat.

 

The Savo is changing the way American wooden boat builders think about performance-oriented rowing craft.

Ruud van Veelen's Savo 650D is an incredibly versatile Finnish sliding seat rowing design. A high-performing open-water racing boat, the Savo is equally well-suited to a sunrise recreational row or two week coastal expedition. This same design has won many rowing titles in its native Finland, cruised Maine, and competed in the Race to Alaska.

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Two boats in one, this particular design can be rowed as a single or double.

Ken Bassett’s Firefly is a recreational pulling boat with the performance to thrill sliding-seat rowers and kindly enough manners and adequate freeboard to keep them dry when the sea-state becomes lively.

 

Equally important, she is a delight to look at.