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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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Tom, Koen's rock-climbing buddy in the late eighties, and since long living in France running an outdoor activities business, is always in for an adventure. A new adventure started with a question about a year ago "You think Sophie and I can row around Corsica in a C23 by the end of this summer? And we'll bring the dog too!" Yes, that's possible! If you both start learning how to row straight away!
By the end of the summer they pushed off from a Corsican beach and started their adventure.
Tom, being a professional mountain guide, understands the importance of communication and back-up, so he asked his mom Lien, an avid, life-long sailor herself, to function as safety officer, following along on land by car.
Rowing around any island, big or small, is a serious business, demanding a profound knowledge of the local currents, rock formations, hazardous winds and specific, unusual weather patterns. Painfully demonstrated by the hurricane that hit Corsica only days before they set off!
Prepared for the worse, they loved every bit of the adventure, and so did mom and the dog!
#whaleboatC23 #rowtripping #adventure #rowing #island #corsica #keeplearning #challenge #med #dogaboard #circumnavigate #safetyfirst
Gold! Whaleboat O28 ocean rowing boat won gold at the Henry van de Velde Design Awards earlier this week. The jury was especially impressed by the 'craft pushed to its limits', and as innovation is one of the main criteria we're even more proud to see our efforts rewarded.
Our thanks to the jury, @flandersdcfordesign and all partners for the organisation!
Visit the exposition at Bozar until 2 April.
Learn more about the ocean rowing boats on https://whaleboat.be
@bokrijk_vakmanschap #vaklab
#innovation #design #boatbuildingisanart #whaleboatO28 #hvdv23 #henryvandeveldeawards23 #bozar #productdesign
Preparing the infusions of the next ocean rowing boat!
Watertight compartments are an essential part of our ocean rowing boats. It's easy to say 'watertight' but how is this tested? Filling each compartment with water would be one way, but the faster and more precise - although possibly very confronting! - solution is to check for airflow. Air can be sucked out of the compartment using a vacuum pump or air can be pumped into each compartment. The result is the same: at least 2 ton/square meter of pressure is applied to the structure, and will hold if there are no leaks. Test succeeded.
#oceanrowingboat #whaleboat028 #oceanrowing #test #underpressure #airpressure #noleaks #boatbuilding #safety
Whaleboat ocean rowing boat wins a Henry van de Velde design Award! You can also vote for Whaleboat for the Public Gold Award until 20 December, go to henryvandevelde.be
#hvdv23 #design #crafts #oceanrowing #oceanrowingboat #designcompetition #outofthebox #Award #winner
@flandersdcfordesign @libecohome
Successfully completed the self-righting test for our brand new ocean rowing boat model: a long, lean ocean rowing machine, with 3 seats and loaded with lots of new features! This one is called Alexia and she’s an important member of the NYR team.
NewYorkRotterdam #oceanrowing #oceanrowingboat #selfrighting #yachthavenvvwblankenberge #blankenberge
@atlanticcampaigns
Still sure about those instructions...??
#oceanrowing #boatbuilding #disaster #secondthoughts #massacre #breakup #catamaran #fixit
@julesdebie_
Heavy machinery, light boat. Thanks @harbourtownemarinafl for putting our newest #whaleboatO28 in the water. @neilblackeby @jakup.jacobsen.3
#florida #daniabeach #sunshinestate #gulfstream #oceanrowing #oceanrowingboat #faroeislands #forklift #usa #everythingisbiggerinamerica
In the picture: the Whaleboat C23 adventure rowboat and O28 ocean rowboat, a perfect pair.
While preparing for your ocean adventure, the C23 is a great choice for training and getting your sea legs It’s a fully seaworthy boat, easily transportable, less dependent on wind directions than an ocean rowing boat and can take 1 to 4 crew, lots of gear and a serious beating. And when you get back home after your ocean crossing and long for the freedom on the water, the C23 is again at hand to take the family (and dog!) camping along the coast of your choice.
Get in touch for our combination plans for the C23 and O28 and we also have rental options available for both.
www.whaleboat.be/C23
www.whaleboat.be/O28
#whaleboatC23 #whaleboatO28 #oceanrowing #adventure #outdoor #sports #extremesports #ocean #challenge #endurance #rowing #training #sealegs #madeinbelgium #expedition #oceanlife #rowinglife #rowtripping #twac23 #twac24 #twac25
New boat, new adventures. Ready for shipping to Miami, feeling 🔆🔆! A world’s first, epic trip in the making, details to follow soon.
#whaleboato28 #boatbuilding #oceanrowing #oceanrowingboat #miami #adventure #travel
#ovinto @atelierpinus
Update from the workshop:
Hull + deck = boat
If only boatbuilding and our hands were this fast in real life!
#fasthands #silentmovie #whaleboatO28 #oceanrowingboat #boatbuildingisanart #boatbuilding #carbonfibre #carbonfiber #oceanrowing #lightweight #composites #workshop
Thanks @thewaverowing for the feature about our C23 adventure rowboat!
#whaleboatC23
Repost @withregram • @thewaverowing ‼️OUT NOW! Issue #10 of your FREE rowing e-Magazine‼️
The latest issue of your FREE not-for-profit rowing magazine; The WAVE, is now available at www.thewaverowing.com
Like & SHARE to help raise awareness of the sport of coastal rowing.
In this issue, we bring you news and features from Sliding-Seat, Fixed-Seat, and Ocean Rowing.
Including:
• The Jurassic Gig Rowing League
• Pioneering The Future: @harkersyardgigs
• @atlanticcampaigns Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge 2021 Results
• Featured Boat: @whaleboat_boatbuilding Whaleboat C23
• @worldrowingofficial Tour 2022
• @somerset_525
• Featured Club: @lowerthamesrowingclub
• and MORE!
Issue #11 is already well in development and will be released at the end of May, To send us your news, stories, and pictures; simply email rowing@thewaverowing.com
Enjoy this issue of The WAVE, and happy rowing!
www.thewaverowing.com
#thewaverowing #coastalrowing #offshorerowing #free #magazine #oceanrowing #sea #coast #ocean #water #love #fitness #exercise #community #spirit #free #rowing #row #rower #boat #boats #rowingboat
Workshop update:
The various steps of building a safe ocean rowing boat are intensely laborious, but the only way to create absolutely watertight compartments that guarantee your boat stays afloat in case of puncture.
Precision fit carbon frames (cut with a water jet) are glued in the vacuum infused hull.
All intersections between these frames, the hull and the keelsons (the parts running the length of the boat) have to be sealed to create the watertight compartments. This is called the 'taping' process, often neglected because of the labour intensive process and cost implications. It involves first creating a 'fillet' - a smoother transition of the 90° angle - these are the white lines in the photos. After the fillets, a strip of carbon with epoxy resin is applied. You can see this carbon on the first frame in the first photo.
The Whaleboat O28 contains 120 meter of fillets and carbon tape.
#quality #hardwork #nocuttingcorners #oceanrowingboat #boatbuildingisanart #whaleboatO28 #boatbuilding #vacuuminfusing #carbonfibre #carbonfiber #oceanrowing #safety #innovation #engineering
@viveshogeschool
@team_migaloo did it! Emotional moments for us today when they reached Antigua, after rowing every mile across the Atlantic.
Posted @withregram • @team_migaloo Bekijk de aankomst van @aidanscherpbier en @tristansimmo hier nog een keer terug!
🔥🎉 🤙
#TWAC2021 #OneForTheSea
📷@atlanticcampaigns @the_ocean_movement
@libecohome #ovinto #boatbuildingisanart #whaleboatO28 #atlanticocean
@intotheunknown.now #twac2021 @talisker
@Team_migaloo is now less than 400 NM away from the finish in Antigua, after 7 weeks rowing the Atlantic Ocean! It's been a tough week mentally and physically, with a low pressure system pushing the guys South, while they need to get more North for a good approach into Antigua. But at least the sun is shining on the Atlantic so cheer up guys and enjoy what the journey throws at you!
As a reminder here's a video of a training session on the North Sea in Belgium last SUMMER.. smilies etc
#squall #northsea #oceanrowing #atlanticocean #rowboat @atlanticcampaigns #vvwblankenberge #summer #niceweather #team #keepsmiling #coast #rain
Meet “Stumpy”. The first and only eco-friendly open sea rowing boat in the world. We built her more than 10 years ago, using flax, recycled PET bottles and bio (epoxy) resins, vacuum infused. @stefanvanaudenhove and @koendegezelle rowed her across the Channel from Ramsgate to Ostend, despite being too short and slow, as she was designed as a 1 person surfboat, not a long distance cruiser. A gruelling, wet 72NM trip across the busiest shipping lane in the world, that took them 21 hrs!
Back in those days we experimented a lot with biocomposites in boatbuilding, using a large variety of natural materials, like flax, jute, banana leaves, animal skin.
So if you want to have a deeper insight about the use of biocomposites in your boat, its advantages and disadvantages, please get in touch. After all, a lot of green-washing is going on and a lot of nonsense told.
And Stumpy? She's still happily bobbing on her mooring, used mainly as a training boat in our sea rowing club on the Belgian North Sea.
@libecohome
#biocomposites #boatbuildingisanart #craftmanship #technology #boatbuilding #oceanrowing #oceanrowingboats #northsea #madeinbelgium #busiestshippinglaneintheworld #channelcrossing #thechannel #surfboat
Work health and safety manager: "Optimise the ergonomics for all workers!" Boatbuilder aka the boss: "Sure, not a problem."
Gijs Vanden Bogaerde at work.
#whaleboatO28 #boatbuildingisanart #handcrafted #craftmanship #technology #glue #messingaroundinboats #intheboatshop #intheworkshop #boatbuilding #oceanrowing #oceanrowingboats @gusengineering #ergonomics
We're keeping busy in the workshop, with design and production from start to finish as always. Just finished another mould to build more Whaleboat O28 ocean rowing boats. Each mould lasts at least 50 hulls. Bring on 2022!
#whaleboatO28 #boatbuildingisanart #handcrafted #craftmanship #technology #mould #mouldmaking #tooling #intheworkshop #boatbuilding #inhouseproduction #oceanrowing #oceanrowingboats #2022
So good to see the boys doing well and happy!
Posted @withregram • @team_migaloo Nieuw Migaloo-beeld! En nog maar 2000 NM te gaan. 😎
Verder weinig nieuws, wat een goed teken is. Het roeischema is nog hetzelfde. Gisteren hebben de mannen de kiel schoongemaakt, daar zat veel aangroei op. Ook hebben ze de boot iets anders ingedeeld: het gewicht wat meer naar achter verplaatst, wat gunstiger is met de huidige passaatwind.
Voor de rest: still going strong! 💪🌊🚣♂️
@atlanticcampaigns
@the_ocean_movement
#TWAC2021 #madebythesea #oneforthesea #cleanoceans #plasticwaste #plasticfree #oceanrowing #oceaanroeien
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New Migaloo-pictures! And only 2000 NM to go. 😎
Not much news today, which is a good sign. The rowing schedule is still the same. Yesterday they cleaned the keel, because there was a lot of fouling on it. They also have shifted the weight in the boat a bit more to the rear which is more favorable with the current trade wind.
They are still going strong! 💪🌊🚣♂️
#whaleboatO28 @libecohome #oceanrowingboat #ocean #atlanticocean
Coaching ocean rowing pairs Team Migaloo has been a pleasure, for many reasons but especially since we share the same love and concern for the ocean.
As part of the campaign leading up to their Atlantic crossing in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge (starting this Sunday, 12 Dec!) Team Migaloo has taken a huge effort to create awareness about the ocean pollution.
Aidan and Tristan spoke with about 3500 kids and young adults, educating the next generation with huge determination to spread the word and walk the the talk.
No surprise that Team Migaloo is selected - as one of 3 #twac21 teams - as @Parley.tv ambassadors. Well deserved!
Whatever the race outcome is, Team Migaloo already won our and many more hearts!
If you feel the same, please support the campaign here https://team-migaloo.kentaa.nl
#oceanrowing #twac21 #oneforthesea
#whaleboatO28 #taliskerwhiskyatlanticchallenge
@teammigaloo @talisker @atlanticcampaigns