Testimonial Page

                 Please take a moment to read our unsolicited testimonials that customers have written to us about our services and our rowing shells.

Karen, Thank you so much for your help on the phone.  You covered more information than all the boat shops I contacted this spring.   They carried rowing shells but didn’t know a thing about their differences and why it was important for me to look at my waterway and what my goals were for sculling.  I am so pleased to finally find someone who is knowledgeable and willing to take the time to answer all my questions.  Thank you again! R. Clark, Florida.

Pete and Karen, I greatly enjoyed seeing you both and visiting for a while this past week.  I wanted to stop by and let you know what a joy sculling has been for me for the last twenty five years.  If you remember I purchased my first shell from you back thirty years ago, when I was 53 years old.  I had tried sculling when I was younger and found little reward from the activity as the sculling instruction was not great and the selection of boats was even poorer.  When I came across your company in the 1970s I thought I would give it another try and remembered your instruction being great and you had a nice selection of boats for me to choose from.  I purchased a Julian back then and loved rowing it until I purchased my MAAS 24 from you about 15 years ago.  I wouldn’t have known which shell fit me the best or what shell would have been the best for my lake if you had not taken the time to talk to me about all the different choices that I had and then I was able to try all the different boats too.  Nowhere else was I able to do that!  Thank you both so much for the best rowing experience I have had in my 80 years and thank you both too for always being available to help me and answer my questions.  With appreciation, B. Patrick, Queensbury, NY.

Pete, just a note of thanks to you for holding your ground despite my pressure on you otherwise for not letting us try a shell until we were instructed on how to use one.  My wife and I learned the hard way and tried one out at a local boat shop and it was an absolute disaster!  Thank you for being so nice as to tell us if things didn’t work out that we were welcome to come back at your facility to take a lesson and try out some of the shells were are interested in.   We wished that we hadn’t wasted a month of the summer thinking that we could scull well without instruction.   J. Smith.

Karen and Pete,  we can’t thank you enough for the education and service you provide for rowing.  The trip out was well worth the time and cost.  In fact, we know it saved us money as we would have bought the wrong shell for our needs the first time around.  The shell we have is just what we need and liked. Comparing all the company’s boats next to each other is the only way to go.  Again, our thanks, J.D. Copek, Minnesota

Pete and Karen, Your 40 years of experience shows!  What a day I had at the lake this weekend!  I felt that I got so much done.  I learned to scull well, tried almost a dozen different boats and then felt very confident about my final choice to purchase a double for me and my family.  The speed with which you both were able to gather everything together and get me back on the road for home was unbelievable.  No one else does what you do, especially so quickly! Thanks a boat load! P. Timmerman, Oklahoma.

Pete, Thanks so much for advising us on taking a sculling lesson before purchasing our shell.  If we hadn’t I know we would not have enjoyed it and probably hurt ourselves and our new boat.  This is the smartest way to select a boat. We feel so confident now to be able to choose the best boat for us.  Best to you and Karen and thanks again, J & B  Johns

Pete, thanks for the lesson.  It was terrific and really efficient!  I knew that as I was learning a lot but the fellow that had the demo after me really brought that home as I watched him struggle with just a basic shell that we had worked beyond in the first hour of our novice lesson.  It is not a surprise to learn from him that he had not gotten his lessons from you but I was surprised when he told me that he had paid for two years worth of lessons elsewhere.  I was very satisfied during my lesson but his struggles after multiple lessons made me realize I had made the right choice.  I am already recommending you to my friends at our Lake Association.  P. King, New Jersey

Pete, I just wanted to drop you a line to thank you for everything you have done for me in my education in sculling and rowing.  I have never had so much consolidated information given to me on a shell or shells I was considering to purchase.  Your assortment of shells to try on your shoreline was amazing!  I have never come across another dealer who carried so many different lines of shells and be able to try them all too!  I loved it!  Your super sculling instruction is what really made the experience of trying all the shells possible.  Without it I never would have been able to successfully scull the MAAS 24 as well as I did that first day.  As you know, I did purchase the MAAS 24 from you after being able to row all the other 21 and 24 foot shells that afternoon.  I feel confident that I purchased the best shell for me and I also feel confident about my sculling skills after my lesson with you.  Thank you again so very much. C. Bouvet.  Conn.