ADVENTURE ROWBOAT
The Whaleboat C23 open water adventure rowboat is uniquely designed to keep you safe and dry, even in the most demanding conditions. If you seek adventure at sea or want to explore the great rivers and big lakes of the world, this boat is for you. With 3 rowers, or 2 rowers and an optional sweep on board there’s still plenty of room left for backpacks, safety gear, tent, anchor and much more.
C23 adventure rowboat specifications:
Length: 23 feet/6.9 m, beam: 5.5 feet/1.7 m, weight: 155 lbs/70 kg
Quality
Only the best materials are used for the Whaleboat C23: marine grade aluminum, stainless steel bearings, polyurethane wheels and carbon fiber hull and deck.
The carbon/ epoxy/ foam sandwich construction creates the stiffest and lightest boat, weighing only 70 kilo.
Through a vacuum infusion building process the resin to fibre ratio is optimised, and weak spots (air pockets) are eliminated, resulting in a superior end product.
Safety
The width of the C23 makes rowing higher seas more relaxed.
The freeboard height is designed to offer better protection against wind and waves
Six watertight compartments keep the boat floating, even when filled with water to the gunwales
Boat design without outriggers reduces the risk of injury
The high, flared bow prevents the boat from nosediving and lifts it up when going over a big wave
The long midsection is designed to collect white water and keep the balance low and centered.
The midsection is selfdraining to get the water out fast. An optional pump can help get the job done even faster.
Simplicity
One size fits all: only one type of screwdriver needed to rig the whole boat! You don’t have to bring your workshop …
Complete protection while docking: an integrated rubber rail around the boat acts as a fender.
No need to worry when towing your precious boat to the next adventure: the strong stainless steel padeye makes it an easy job, no hustle with ropes around outriggers or other complex constructions.
The stainless steel oar locks are indestructible and fuss-free.
Versatility
Whether you want to row in your backyard pond, or you want to push through heavy surf, or you want to pack up your tent and camping gear for a long adventure weekend with some friends, all this is possible with the C23.
Aesthetics
As the ‘old salts’ used to say: ‘if it looks right, it is right!’
We couldn’t agree more…
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The Whaleboat C23 won a Red Dot Design Award.
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Whaleboat C23 The world’s best adventure rowboat
Whaleboat C23 on a camping rowing adventure in the Norwegian fjords
Whaleboat C23 on a rowing adventure in Indonesia with Jelle Veyt
Whaleboat C23 on an island hopping rowing adventure in Kornati, Croatia
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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Lifejackets, flares, EPIRB, satellite, lights,.... are all safety features I need to get this trip done as safe as possible. In the end everyone needs safety features to take care of himself. Secutec uses similar features like endpoint protection, application control, firewalls, e-mail protection tools, cloud security,… to make sure your environment is as secure as possible!
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Rowing alone was a very special experience, sometimes fun, sometimes not.... getting the boat in the water at low tide on this uninhabited island was always very hard work. And then I still had to start rowing... #vayamundo #secutec #whaleboatc23 #adventure #rowing #7summits #sea #ocean #powerlifting #sports #expedition #sufferfest #beach #beachlife #boat #indonesia #dontgiveup #keeppushing koendegezelle
Arrived in the North of the kei (kai) islands, what a beautiful place out here! Now some rest before heading to Seram.
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human powered to another level! with the help of locals I got back to my last point and finished the crossing. very thankful! From around the world people are combining their forces to help succeed this project.
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Great training after work today, +100k cycle to the Belgian coast followed by an intense #rowing session at sea! polarglobal polarbelgium tired after an extreme training session
Good test of my brother's new ridley_bikes , thanks!
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Many thanks to Gersen and Lucy for all the help. Let's go, next stop ceram!
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This is what I've realised in the past 2.5 years, every day I prepared, trained, cycled and rowed to get finally to the summit of Carstensz Pyramid.
22nd of February I'll give a public presentation in my hometown Dendermonde. This is a fundraiser for the INGO Shangrilahome.
location: zaal mariakring, OLV kerkplein 8, 9200 Dendermonde (Belgium)
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Reached Sorong and ended another episode in this epic adventure! From here we are preparing (and finding out) to cycle to Enarotali to go and climb Carstensz Pyramid. Just got my permit to travel in Papua, very efficient here. Now finding the right bicycle but the local cyclist are already extremely helpful. Let's do this!! Thank you all for all the help, all the sponsors (vayamundo_be , secutec, whaleboat, rab.equipment )my girlfriend ingedewandele , mother, karelvissel (meteorologist), koendegezelle (rowing mentor) and everybody else to support this adventure!
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Thank you all for the messages, they were a great support. Everything went really well the first part, only at about 20 km from my goal I was extremely tired and rowing for 35hrs non stop. The tide changed (literally) and started to push me to the west, together with the wind and swell I couldn't overcome it, neither throw an anchor so I called in for a tow to tanimbar kei. Just to prevent further complications, I'm glad I did, safety prevails. Thanks to all the people who helped me!
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One of my last #rowing sessions before departure on the next expedition.
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New blog post out!
Getting tired in this expedition, thanks to the people who have rowed with me, without them I couldn't do it. Many thanks to Nina to make dehydrated food for us! And many thanks to my ❤ Inge for the endless support on this journey. Now is a small rest period with her and extend my visa once again. And many thanks for the sponsors who make this happen!
http://www.jelleveyt.be/2018/03/mosquitos-paradise/
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