Full focus, no stress and eyes on the prize! The Van Durme Brothers made a quick start today and are on the 19th place of a 35 team fleet. The boys are excited to take this adventure to the next level and are ready to shine!
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Ocean rowing boat reveal of the vandurmebrothers boat for the upcoming atlanticcampaigns. What a beauty 😍 + getting an idea what my next boat for the Atlantic crossing could look like (first I'll have to cycle to and climb kilimanjaro though)
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Good luck for the upcoming challenge 👊
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Presenting the Whaleboat O28. Few believed it could get real in 9 months, but here she is: a fully equipped, 8.5 meter carbon fibre/sandwich/epoxy vacuum infused ocean rowing boat, for a 2 to 5 crew.

We are insanely proud of her lines, and even more of the top quality build and engineering, with novel foot steering and autopilot solutions, to name just a few.

Huge thanks to the team:
@Vandurmebrothers who put their faith and money in this crazy project and helped building this beauty. Please don't forget to thank your dad, Etienne and family for their work too!
@atlanticcampaigns for the support and trust.
Ronny and Guy, Jan and Ives Artois, Evert Lataire, Julie Janssens, Cedric Soete, Rik Deketelaere and Mark Devos for professional jobs, delivered on time.
Mark, Linde, Nils, Wim and all other people involved, thanks for the long hours of support.
Special thanks to Gijs Vandenbogaerde, aka 'hands of destruction', who kept going - despite toxic levels of stress - prototyping, engineering and building the damn thing, and never lost his contagious enthousiasm. Hats off sir!
Finally, I thank @ninavrambout aka 'miss Brandhout', without whom - simply put - there was no O28 (or a C23 for that matter)! After work, she dealt with long gear lists, or took care of my mental health, and during weekends she blazed her way through the shop, mixing epoxy, cutting fabric, sanding, drilling or painting, you name it. Finally at rest now, with the boat safely on its way, she's building the website... Unconditional love is what it is. Owe ya!

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The boys had a rough first 24h. They got caught up in strong underwater currents, which was almost impossible to get out of. Because of the currents combined with heavy weather conditions, Damien en Bernard both suffered from seasickness. Luckily the weather got better and they were able to get on the right track. The boys were thrown into the adventure but lessons are learned and they made the best comeback possible! At the moment they’re in 3rd place of the duo teams and 21rst in total. Follow them through the YB races app.

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