Association of Ocean Rowers

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Lightweight solo ocean rowing boat for sale £29,500

Design. Phil Morrison

Fabrication. Jamie fabrizio. Global Boat Works

Electrics. Peter Litton

Length. 5.9 meters Width 1.67 meters Height 1.37 meters



In fitting the boat out we used only the best products and all brand new. The electrical system is built as 2 independent systems to eliminate single point failure, solar panels, batteries and regulators etc. are all German engineered. All lighting system front and aft cabin plus external navigation light are LED.

The boat has an easy to operate salt water ballast tank. All hatches are Lewmar. All locker seals are waterproof and fully dry.

Included with the boat are:

Worldwide Iridium phone internal and external arial, charges etc
Spectra water maker. (plus spare motor and filters)
Waterproof VHF radio and chargers etc
Epirb (latest model ACR Aquafix 406)
2 x Solara solar panels.
2 x Marine Gel 55 amp Batteries.
Fixed plastimo Compass.
Navman fixed GPS.
C-Map computer charts North Atlantic areas for Navman
Sea me with alarm warning
Ipod amplifier plus connection fittings.
2 pairs oars
Seat and all running gear. (plus spare axels, rails, seat etc)
Un-used sheepskin seat cover with air vent cushion
Rowlocks and gates (plus spare pins, washers and gates)
All electrics, charging sockets, internal and external lights, switches, bilge pump, fuses etc. (plus spares)
Solar operated air vents (2 main cabin)
Rudder and steering system. (new spare hinges and pins)
Sleeping mats
Jet boil cookers
Fenders and buoys
Para Anchor (3 meter), including ropes, buoys, trip lines etc.
100 meters rope plus various short lengths
Life Jacket (brand new auto inflate)
Helmet (lightweight riot helmet)
Claxton
Oar repair kit (with set of spliced oars for easy stowage)
Various webbing (sea anchor straps and ties)
Torpedo dry bags
Water containers
Flag pole
Full set hose and fittings (water maker bilge pump etc)
Stainless screw and bolt set.
Tools, hand drill and bits etc
Various flares, parachute and hand held.

Plus lots of other spares, buckets etc etc etc.




This is probably the lightest and fastest ocean rowing boat currently for sale. Although classed as a solo it is roomy enough for a pair with single rowing. It certainly is a boat that will break records in the future and two others are currently under construction. I beat the pair by 5 days and made it to Barbados where as they were rescued 60 mile south of the island, we were on similar tracks and so encountered similar weather, but they couldn’t catch me.

She is built using foam strips and sheathed in glass and Kevlar. (if you go to www.solosprint.com and look at the photo gallery there are full stage pictures of the build)

The hull is perfect and the boat so well balanced it will drift/get blown dead down wind even in rough seas.

It performed very well on her debut crossing this year, had some issues with the barnacle growth and anti fouling that wasn’t sorted until halfway across and also had some very testing weather. The second half was extremely fast and the last day I rowed 11 hours and covered 46 miles (4.2 average) I admit I saw land and could taste the beer, but had also been covering good distance for the previous few weeks.

I wasn’t very fit before the row and had an operation on my back 6 weeks before the start to ease some problems with my back (broke it when I was 10) I took it steady as I wasn’t out to break records, I was after enjoying the experience!



Boat ready to go. Contact Dave Clarke on 07971 252 451 or 01260 252 622

Email. homedc@btinternet.com