The retiring chairman of York City Rowing Club, Caroline Sherlock, performed her last official duty on Sunday when she christened the club's new state of the art Eight "Viking Warrior".
The boat coasting nearly £15,000 was built by the same company who build boats for the Great Britain squad, Sims of Nottingham.
The latest materials, epoxicarbon composite for the hull and aircraft quality aluminium for the riggers make the finished boat both very strong and very light. Experience of Computer technology and specialist materials from Formula 1 Motor Racing helped Sims and their associates in the design and manufacture of this "cutting edge" new boat.
The first event for the boat will be next Saturday for the Yorkshire Head of River where crews from all over the UK will be in York taking part over the 5,000 metre course from Poppleton to Lendal Bridge.
Division One starts at 11.45am and Division Two at 2.45pm.
Updated: 10:39 Tuesday, February 27, 2001
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