The Boat 2012

The majority of rowing boats that currently compete in the Atlantic Rowing Race are based on a design by Phil Morrison from 1996. The boats were designed to be relatively cheap and easy to construct.

We decided to design and construct our boat again our self with lessons learned from our first boat. This process should take less time and be even cheaper to manufacture.

Wood Frame

Marking out

Inside Frame

Boat

  • Closed-cockpit consisting of 3 main watertight bulkheads and several base sectional watertight compartments.
  • Stern: Sleeping compartment (able to sleep 2 persons) 9 sealed storage compartments and Hydralic steering unit.
  • Cockpit/Cabin: Central pedaling position, built in water storage, control/ communications/ navigation systems and storage compartments.
  • Bow: Batteries, EBAS, Self-Deploying Life Raft System, Food storage (200 days max capacity)
  • The boat will be self-righting (dry weight) with addition weight for equipment focused in the center and along the base of the hull to lower the centre or gravity. Aiding stability.
  • EBAS Ocean Pedal Challenges one of a kind (Emergency Buoyancy Assistance System)

Dimensions

  • Bow-to-stern: 7.6 metres
  • Beam: 1.8 metres
  • Height: 1.55 metres (excluding keel and propeller)

Construction

  • Multi skinned Carbon fibre with foam core hull, cabin top, bulkheads, deck and floor
  • All mechanical parts machined from Titanium.
  • Fixings Anodized Titanium (nuts, bolts and washers)

Propulsion

  • 2 stage geared belt-driven assembly (Primary)
  • 3 way bevel chain driven system (Secondary)
  • Custom Three-blade Carbon/Titanium propeller. Exchangeable blades.

Electrical System

  • 4x solar panels with 240W combined.
  • 2x custom made 300Ah Li-ion batteries packs.
  • iPad (Primary) Chartplotter (seconday) for navigation ex-GPS.
  • VHF radio with handheld backup.
  • AIS Transponder.
  • Iridium satellite phone./li>
  • Yellow Brick Tracking.
  • EBAS (Emergency Buoyancy Assistance System)
  • Life Raft System
  • Custom Designed watermaker 30 litres/hours
  • DC outlets
  • Custom Ventilation System (Fan assisted self-sealing
  • LED cabin and exterior lighting
  • 4x 20mm ProCams (Bow facing, Stern Facing, underwater bow facing and underwater propeller facing)

Performance

  • High speed cruise: 5 knots
  • Comfortable average cruise: 4 knots
  • 1 hour rotation shift pattern. (1 on 2 off)

Consumables

  • Water supply from water maker 30l/hr, with 100 litre backup and 30ltire consumable tank.
  • Food storage capacity: max 200 days