Cucchietti Boats
Cucchietti Racing Boats is an Argentine builder of racing rowing shells, founded in 1971 and directed by Jorge Cucchietti. The company produces a full line of singles, doubles/pairs, fours/quads and eights in carbon fibre and honeycomb, plus masters models that can be sectioned in two for easier road transport. Boats are designed in 3D on computer, moulded with epoxy resin and vacuum bagging, and finished with the company's own fittings such as gates, shoes and carbon carriages. Boats are shipped in containers or wooden crates and are represented by contacts in Argentina, Brazil, the USA, Canada, Mexico, Spain and France.
Cucchietti Boats
Cucchietti Racing Boats is an Argentine manufacturer of high-performance rowing shells, building boats in Argentina since 1971 under the direction of Jorge Cucchietti. The company began with purely handcrafted wooden boats and now designs its own prototypes on computer, producing all hulls in a single "Super Elite" category aimed at low weight, high longitudinal and torsional stiffness, and a service life stated at more than 15 years. The turquoise livery is the company's identifying mark, and its boats are reported to have competed in South American and Pan American regattas, the Olympics and Henley.
Vessel Types
- Singles (models J11 50–65 kg, J9 75–85 kg, J10 85–95 kg; 815–830 cm long, 14 kg)
- Pairs and doubles (J20 heavyweight and new J21 lightweight; 990–1000 cm)
- Coxless fours and quads (J40 heavyweight 1235 cm; J41 lightweight 1194 cm, up to 73 kg average)
- Eights, single weight category 85–95 kg, 17.25 m, with a flat mid-hull section and gates 26 cm above the water
- Masters boats, including hulls sectioned in two parts for road transport
Services
- 3D virtual design followed by computer-milled plugs and in-house moulds
- Carbon fibre and honeycomb construction using epoxy resins, vacuum moulding and high-temperature post-cure
- Custom-ordered carbon fabrics specified by thread count and orientation to control stiffness direction
- Manufacture of fittings: aluminium footstretchers, one-piece carbon seat chassis, aerofoil-section riggers, new gates and rowing shoes with injected soles from own moulds; carbon riggers under development
- Export packing and shipping: containers holding up to 25 singles, 16 doubles, 10 fours or 5 eights, with boats suspended on racks; wooden crates for up to three singles or two doubles
- Free advice from company staff via its contact centre
Location
- Factory in Argentina
- Sales contacts listed for Brazil, USA, Canada, Mexico, Spain and France