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Welcome to Kanghua Boats

Racing Shells & Sculls

A full line of racing shells and sculls. Successful at every level of rowing. Gold Medals at FISA World Championships and World Cups, National Schools Regatta in UK, Royal Henley Regatta and many other international events worldwide.

We produce a full line of shells with a wide range of construction methods for every level of rowing. World-class elites like the list below and clubs all over the world. Many construction combinations available: from full prepreg carbon, Kevlar, to fibreglass hulls to fit any budget.

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Quality

Mr.Junping Shao, who got into a boat factory in 1989 in Hangzhou to produce top-of-the-line water sport equipment, established Kanghua Hangzhou Boats Company in 2009.

He is the primary owner and runs the factory assuring properly trained craftsmanship and following high-standardized methodical composite manufacturing methods.

Generation 2 boats are re-crafted based on the more than 30 year boat building experience of Eric Roy Sims, Philip Kemsley of the UK and Mr Shao of China.

Eric Roy Sims hand built Eton Boats for over a decade and has been repairing 150-200 boats per year. His knowledge of every facet of boat building extends across every boat manufacturer recognizing the strengths and limits of each boat maker. This knowledge is applied to the Generation 2 Boats now available.

Philip Kemsley trained to build boats and also repaired boats for over a decade. Philip's attention to production and process control and management, materials testing assure the consistent quality of the Kanghua Generation 2 boats.

Kanghua boats are designed to be compatible with widely available ranges of rigging equipment, including rudders, seats, slides and footplates - the kind of equipment the average club boatman will have in his workshop.

Kanghua Boat Range

Kanghua offers five different ranges of well-proven shapes for their rowing racing shells to meet the needs and expectations of each of the crews around the world.

All Kanghua hulls are made by vacuum process with epoxy resins and oven cured. Teams can choose between a classic aluminium wing rigger and carbon back wing rigger. The aluminium riggers are anodized and welded from a high-strength aluminium profile. The new carbon back wing-rigger is made of prepreg. carbon layouts and under high pressure.

KX (A ++)

KX is the top range shell of Kanghua: a 100% pre-impregnated carbon fibre honeycomb sandwich structure provides maximum stiffness. Seat decks and bulkheads are made of carbon fibre sandwich under high pressure. The best choice for the most demanding teams, who only settle for the best possible available option.

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Spirit (A+)

Spirit combines carbon fibres (external skin) with carbon fibres (internal skin) to achieve a high quality honeycomb sandwich structure providing optimal stiffness. Seat decks and bulkheads are made of carbon fibre sandwich under high pressure. Without a doubt the most successful choice on the market for highly competitive teams.

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Spirit K (A)

Spirit/USA, a Kevlar skinned honeycomb sandwich structure with carbon tapes reinforcements to achieve an optimal price-quality ratio for competitive teams with a high use of material and a larger fleet. Seat decks and bulkheads are also made of Kevlar fibre sandwich.

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Phantom (B)

Phantom, a fiberglass skinned honeycomb sandwich structure with carbon tapes reinforcements to achieve a more economic price-quality ratio for teams with a high use of material and a larger fleets, like schools or clubs who want to equip their crews with boats without dispensing with a competition shape for training. Well suited for recreational use. Seat decks and bulkheads are made of carbon fibre sandwich under high pressure.

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Shadow (C)

Shadow, a fiberglass skinned Coremat sandwich structure with carbon tapes reinforcements to achieve an economic option, suitable for recreation and initiation training in a competition shell. Seat decks and bulkheads are made of glass fibre sandwich with coremat mixed with honeycomb under high pressure.

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Phoenix

As well as racing boats, Kanghua also manufactures touring boats, coaching launches and dragon boats. The Kanghua Phoenix touring boats are becoming increasingly popular for recreational rowing and are available in 1x, 2x and 4x+ configurations. They are supplied with classic aluminium sculling riggers and useful storage compartments.

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Klub KCX

High-quality and extremely stable, the KCX range is ideal not only for coastal rowing (built to FISA specification for international competition) but also for recreational river rowing, touring and beginners, providing a perfectly balanced platform from which to learn the skills of rowing.

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Area Contact Email Web Phone
China FlagHead Office - for all regions not listed below
China FlagHead Office Kanghua Hangzhou Email +86-0571-63370708
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European Union FlagKanghua Europe Scott Shao Email +33 695934985
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Austria FlagAustria Milos URUKALO Email +49 176 70285600
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Balkans / S.E. Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia) Viktor PIVAC Email +381 652511389
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France FlagFrance Antoine CHARRON Email Web +33 6 60 29 27 30
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Germany FlagGermany - North (BRANDENBURG,HAMBURG,MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN,NIEDERSACHSEN, NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN) Volker FRITZ Email Web +41 79474 8022
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Germany FlagGermany - South (BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, BAYERN, HESSEN, RHEINLAND-PFALZ,SACHSEN,THURINGEN) Milos URUKALO Email +49 176 70285600
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Spain FlagPortugal FlagSpain & Portugal Adian MIRAMON Email +34 675427896
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United Kingdom FlagUK/Ireland Eric SIMS Email Web +44 1628 667781
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United States FlagUSA Ed Bell Email +1 609 784 9888
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Russia FlagRussia Oleg Saraev Email Web +7 926 0208692
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Korea FlagKorea Park, Yong-so Email +82-43-842-3399
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South Asia HE PENG Email +86-1391-0070553
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Australia and New Zealand Mark Nothnagel Email +61-3-5221-3655
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Vietnam Chris Skuse Email Web +84-35-776-9291
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China FlagHead Office - for all regions not listed below
China FlagHead Office Kanghua Hangzhou Email +86-0571-63370708
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European Union FlagEurope/USA Peter Doyle Email Web +353-87-250-1387