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dougfrolich Senior Member Registered: November 2002 Location: San Francisco Posts: 568	· Date: March-13-2006 · Views: 2109 · Filesize: 34.7kb, 154.4kb ·
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Hans Friedel
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Registered: October 2003
Location: Sweden
Posts: 115

March-15-2006 1:59pm

Rating: 10

Nice boat

But it looks a bit weak in the middle may be you should add some beams or something to conect the front and aft compartments. Like a T-roof

would be a nice thing to dang your head in also :-)

Hans

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dougfrolich
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Registered: November 2002
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 568

March-15-2006 4:36pm

Thanks Hans,

I am relying on 2 longitudinal stringers with a minimum depth of 6" to provide bending strength (along with the top of the cockpit) These stringers also define the internal ballast tanks. When these tanks are filled they provide the boat with 180 degrees of possitive righting moment. This boat is intended to cross the North Atlantic this summer. www.oceanrowsolo.com

Hans Friedel
Senior Member

Registered: October 2003
Location: Sweden
Posts: 115

March-16-2006 12:43am

This guy used a lead keel (I think)

http://www.kayakers.nf.ca/sea_kayaki...peterbray.html

Hans

dougfrolich
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Registered: November 2002
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 568

March-16-2006 5:10pm

Wow! Hans---That is an extream design for such a trip.

DrFormula

Registered: April 2009
Location: Biloxi
Posts: 4

April-30-2009 10:13am

Rating: 9

I saw a boat very similar to this one some time back. Bright yellow with sponsor decals and such. I think it was '03 or '04. I was stationed onboard USS Doyle at the time. We were about 80 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. The craft's Captain was from the Ukraine (I think). He had rowed from Marseilles, France to Boston. Amazing!! He was on his way back when he experienced a cardiac episode. We picked up a call from the Coast Guard and his EPIRB. I was the Senior Medical Officer so he became my patient. It was in August I believe. Sea state began to pick up pretty rough. We tried to tow his little craft with out 475’ Frigate. It was useless. We could not go over 5 knots and we still had a mission (besides rescuing the guy) to do. We had to cut his craft lose and drop him off at Boston Harbor with EMS. I was amazed at the little craft and the little guy at the helm(ores). We saved this guys life and yet we received a lot of bad press. “Navy War Ship detain Russian Hero” and “U.S. Navy sets adrift Russian Adventurer’s million dollar boat… Suspects of terrorism”. What a bunch of crap. Anyway… Cool boat.

Rod

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