Stämpfli Racing Boats

[1] Manufacturing originally took place in Zurich, Switzerland, but moved to Surrey, England after the company was acquired by Janousek Racing Boats in 1991.

In 1898 the first racing boat was built, a "Yol de Mer" for the See-Club in Zug, Switzerland.

At Olympic Games and World Rowing Championship events Stämpfli boats, in the hands of Pertti Karppinen from Finland, probably one of the most successful single scullers in the history of the sport, and others have won time and time again.

In the early 1980s the rowing industry was going through a dramatic change with composite materials slowly finding their place in construction methods.

A successful rower in his own right, (1966 World Champion for Double sculls) Burgin had been a long-time employee of the company and under his leadership the company started to build composite boats alongside the exquisite wooden boats.