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The Boat  
The boat has been designed specifically for ocean rowing and will be Bhavik's home for the next 90 days.

Specifications:
Length: 23.4 feet / 7.1 meters
Width/Beam: 6.3 feet / 1.9 meters
Depth: 3 feet / 1 meter
Weight (unloaded): 750 kg / 1,650 lbs
Designers: Phill Morrison & Peter Rowsell
Kit Designer: Jim Moore



The boat is made of 6mm thick marine plywood with a coat of epoxy resin for strength and resilience to water. The boat provides shelter in the rear cabin, this also houses the water maker and all on-board electrics (solar powered). All food supplies are stored in sealed bags underneath the rowing deck.

In the likely event of a capsize the boat is designed to right herself due to several design factors the watertight cabins fore and aft are an egg shape which is extremely unstable when upside down, moreover the air trapped in the cabin keeps the hull buoyant and combined with the heavy stores in the keel creating a high center of gravity will cause the boat to right herself.


Onboard Inventory
Communications and Emergency Equipment
Motorola 9505A and Motorola 9505 Satellite phones via Iridium
Panasonic Tough Book
Acer Note Book
HP Handheld PDA
Garmin GPS (external mounted)
Garmin handheld GPS (backup)
EPIRB 406 (Emergency Position Indicator Rescue Beacon)
Argos Transmitter Emergency locator beacon, with 16 pre-coded messages
VHF Radio (Handheld and waterproof) Range: about 25 miles.
VHF Radio (Mounted in cabin) Range: about 25 miles
Battery isolator/combiner
Emergency power shut off switch
Fuse box and distribution panel
Amperage monitor gauge
Voltage regulator plus spare
12 volt cigarette lighter receptacles (2)
Three power inverters
Fuses, wire, electrical tape, extra cables for computers and phone
  

Electrics
Six solar panels @ 1.98 amps/hr. each
Two, 100 amp Deep-Cycle Gel Batteries
Solar panels
Contact 3 system (PDA, software & cables)
Iridium phone (Datalink + External Aerial) & airtime
Water maker
Batteries (service/replace)
H/H VHF
fixed DSC/VHF
H/H GPS
Explorer film equipment (waterproof & remote controlled)
Raymarine ST50 speed log
LED cabin lighting & deck lighting
Masthead mounted all round white nav. Light
Electric bilge pump


Filming equipment
One digital 35 mm camera, waterproof casing (Sony R-1)
Two digital video cameras (Sony HDV-1 Higi Definition, Sony HC32)
One top mounted waterproof video camera housing (Sony HC33)
One waterproof 35 mm camera (Sony T-9)
Watertight film canisters
Additional batteries for all cameras


Operational Equipment
Three sets of lightweight, carbon fiber oars
All around light
Two 9' sea anchors with 250' of rode
Two drogues
Emergency flares and smoke signals
Two first aid kits
Fire extinguisher
Immersion suit
One hand operated bilge pump
Extra rowing seat, wheels and rails
Extra oar locks
Three compasses, one deck mounted, one bulkhead mounted (1backup)
Two watertight hatches and 15 watertight portals
Repair tools and appropriate materials
Halogen lamps


Boat Equipment and Misc. Gear
Desalinater pump PUR Powersurvivor 40E, 12 volt
Desalinater pump, manual
Water purifier repair kit, and filters
Navigational charts
Fiberglass repair kit
Strobe lights (2)
Saftey tethers (2)
Sun awning
Land anchor with chain and rode
Anchor rode markers
Hull scrapper
Inflatable life jacket
Cook stoves (2), plus repair kits
LP gas canisters
Water container 2.5 gallons
All purpose duct tape
Emergency fishing gear
Nylon cord - 500'
Rescue kite
Three fresh water tanks - total 65 gallons
Three Whale pumps for water tanks
Foam padding in cabin
Rowing cleats (4)
  
  
Emergency and Safety
Signalling mirror (heliograph) x2
EPIRB (service and check Batteries)
Fire Extinguisher
Fog horn & spare gas
LifeJacket
Spare co2 canisters
harnesses x2
survival Suit
Medical Kit
Strobe Light
Flares
Bilge pump (Portable) x2
drogue
para anchor #
Emergency watermaker
Emergency rations
SEA ME active radar transponder
Wind gauge

The Challenge
About the Atlantic
Cross Atlantic History
The Route
The Team
The Boat
Training
Nutrition
Navigation
  
Glossary
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