I didn't know anything about fancy trans-ocean row boats. Apparently a lot of people row across oceans. There is even an Association of Ocean Rowers. The typical ocean row boat has two humps, with sealable hatches, so the whole thing is a floating bubble. They are crammed with navigational gear, as well as the usual marine necessities: cooking, sleeping, working tools. They also are loaded with batteries, solar panels, wind generators, and so on. Used ones go for about $50,000.
Roz Savage (pictured above) rowed one of these hi-tech row boats across the Atlantic and is now rowing across the Pacific -- San Francisco to Australia -- solo. Her floating shack is stuffed with expensive gear.
"I will be taking about $80,000 of electronic equipment with me on the Brocade, so that I can send back video blogs, podcasts, data, photos and text blogs to my website." The complete list of her electronic gear is here.
With all this sea-hardened equipment she is blogging and podcasting from a row boat in the middle of the Pacific, which is pretty cool.
Why would one want to row across the ocean?
simply its the sole of adventure
I'm an old salt, love the sea, especially blue water, and I envy you your adventure, and appluad your tenesity. Who designed your boat, it looks well laid out and balanced. Was it diffulcult finding sponsorship, and what is a reasonable budjet for this undertaking? Keep on pulling,and best of luck to you. Skip in Florida.
i want to be the first person under 16 to row from nz to aus were can i get sponsership and one of those boats