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We build high-end ocean rowboats for adventurers
Ocean rowing boat O28
The Whaleboat O28 is a fully equipped, high-tech ocean rowing boat, with cabins, ready to take on any ocean. We are incredibly proud of her lines, and even more of the top quality build and engineering.
Life on board an O28 is easier, as she is filled to the rim with new solutions for common ocean rowing challenges.
Open water rowboat C23
Whaleboat started developing rowboats in 2005. Our first builds were one-off ‘open’ rowboats, without cabins. Rowing these one-off boats ourselves for thousands of miles at sea armed us with deep knowledge about what makes a rowboat work well in all possible conditions, geographical and meteorological. This knowledge and experience resulted in the award-winning C23, the most versatile adventure rowboat in the world.
Our customers have rowed C23s from the North Sea to as far as the Banda sea, have surfed them down the waves of iconic European surf spots and camped on some of the most remote beaches in the world.
With the C23 you are assured to live adventure at its purest.
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Working on the ocean boat and first training for the big crossing!
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Beautiful day out on the north sea an lots of fun with koendegezelle and Gus.
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#vayamundo #secutec #adventure #whaleboato28 #whaleboatc23 #outdoors #ocean #sun #beach #sand #7summits #rowing #waves #sea #oceanview #surf #boatbuilding
Carefully aligning rudder with daggerboard on the new O28 ocean rowboat.
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#carbonfiber
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Ocean rowboat construction, exciting process building this beast at whaleboat_boatbuilding and koendegezelle . With this boat we'll be rowing from Portugal to Miami, somewhere in the future...
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#vayamundo #secutec #rowing #ocean #whaleboato28 #art #adventure #7summits #beach #outdoors #construction #thegreatoutdoors #boat #rowinglife #humanpowered #atlantic #waves
Chief engineer and soon to be Olympic gymnast Gijs Vanden Bogaerde is testing our new center deck section. Both carbon and aramid fiber were used to build this central piece. The carbon fiber will stiffen the boat tremendously, and the aramid will help protect the deck against puncture. No bending, sagging or hogging at all!
#aramid
#carbonfiber
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#oceanrowing
#gymnastics
#boatbuilding
#boatbuildingisanart
#engineering
#scientifictest
#whaleboatO28
Facing an ever growing demand for power onboard ocean rowboats, we search for innovative, green technologies, beyond the standard solar solutions. In collaboration with green energy companies, makers labs and universities we prototype, build mock ups and test drive new technology. In this case we implement a new hydrogen system in the boat.
#innovation
#carbonzero #hydrogen
#greenenergy #cleantechnologies #spacetechnology
#testlab
#oceanrowing
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#boatbuildingisanart
#boatbuilding
Thanks @ingegnocreatieve and
@amyandresdottir for the hydrogen mock up.
And this is what precision fit looks like... #perfection
#precision
#innovation
#technology
#madeinbelgium
#veryvives
#engineering
#boat
#boatbuilding
#carbonfiber
#carbonfibre
#extremesports #oceanrowing #oceanrowboat
#oceanrowingboat
#whaleboatO28 #boatbuildingisanart
And this is what precision fit looks like... #perfection
#precision
#innovation
#technology
#madeinbelgium
#veryvives
#engineering
#boat
#boatbuilding
#carbonfiber
#carbonfibre
#extremesports #oceanrowing #oceanrowboat
#oceanrowingboat
#whaleboatO28 #boatbuildingisanart
Engineered to precision fit inside the belly of the #whaleboatO28 ocean rowboat.
Thanks to @GUSengineering and @viveshogeschool
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#tech
#techstuff
#insearchofperfection
#boatbuildingisanart
Read about @jelleveyt and his human powered #7summits adventure this week in @knackweekend , one of Belgium’s leading lifestyle mags. Jelle chose a Whaleboat C23 rowing boat for the Indonesia leg of the challenge, to reach Carstensz Pyramid in Papua. We provided the ocean rowing experience and rowed with him in one of the most remote areas of the world. Now a long term friendship with many more adventures to come.
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Mooi artikel in @knackweekend van @wimdenolf !! Zeer fijn interview met iemand die zijn research grondig doet en daardoor de interessante vragen stelt, merci voor het artikel! Lees het volledig online (link in bio) of koop het in de winkel.
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Great article by knack (big Belgian magazine) about my life in adventure. Only in Dutch and French.
#vayamundo #secutec #adventure #cyclinglife #whaleboato28 #whaleboatc23 #rowing #island #beach #7summits #climbing #outdoors #rowing #surf #trekking #yoursecurityaboveeverything #proud #bikelife #sports #travel #tourism #touring - #regrann
Mooi artikel in knackweekend van wimdenolf !! Zeer fijn interview met iemand die zijn research grondig doet en daardoor de interessante vragen stelt, merci voor het artikel! Lees het volledig online (link in bio) of koop het in de winkel.
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Great article by knack (big Belgian magazine) about my life in adventure. Only in Dutch and French.
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#vayamundo #secutec #adventure #cyclinglife #whaleboato28 #whaleboatc23 #rowing #island #beach #7summits #climbing #outdoors #rowing #surf #trekking #yoursecurityaboveeverything #proud #bikelife #sports #travel #tourism #touring
Whaleboat ocean rowboats are constructed with only carbon fibre as reinforcing material. Not only because carbon fibre is extremely stiff - three times stiffer than steel for the same weight. But also because in combination with epoxy, carbon fibre creates a much more durable product than the more usual fiberglass/polyester/vinylester combination.
It’s common practice around the market to add a thin carbon layer on old-school polyester boats. It sells as a carbon fibre boat, and indeed it looks like one, but it has none of the qualities.
At Whaleboat, carbon fibre is not used as a show element We work with the Japanese mindset: think beyond your own life span, imagine the future and try to create a product that will last several generations.
Who knows, maybe your grandchildren will ride the ocean in the same carbon boat you did!
#carbonfibre
#carbonfiber
#composites
#tech
#resin
#vacuuminfusion
#vacuumtech
#high-end
#highend
#thefutureofboatbuilding
#aheadofthegame
#boatbuildingisanart
Autopilot and tiller systems often cause problems and frustration on ocean rowboats. They break down all the time and crew have to work in a tiny cabin to 'plot' a heading on the tiller arm. That sucks! So, we set out to build our own autopilot system. And this picture of last year's North Sea training says it all: we programmed the word TWAC on our plotter, pressed the button 'go to', sat back and enjoyed the view, while all the rowers had to do was to pull the oars! Magic!
If you want your name 'written' at sea by a rowboat, give us a call...
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#twac2019
#atlanticcampaigns
#northsea
#oceanrowing
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#boatbuildingisanart
#boatbuilding
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