Refitting Ocean Rowing Boat For Indian Ocean EP2 - Solo Ocean Rower
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- Ocean Rower, John (twitter @solopacificrow ) is preparing to row the Indian Ocean, attempting to become the first person to row continent to continent from Australia to East Africa. This is a series of videos detailing the journey to the start line, preparing the ocean rowing boat, equipment and planning logistics and supplies.
This episode - update on the boat - boat construction -
John previously set a Pacific Ocean Rowing record by becoming the first person in history to row, solo, non stop, continent to continent from North America to Australia. From San Fransisco to Cairns, a Solo Ocean Row consisting of 208 days at sea. He rowed the Atlantic solo in 2011 and again in 2018 with his daughter.
All completed in a pure rowing boat, i.e. no auto pilot, no dagger board, no wind catching design elements, not a blowing boat.
Hi John: always watching from NS, Canada. That's an amazing journey you're planning. It's great that you do your own boat work. Once on the ocean, there will be nothing you can't fix on your own.
Thanks Louise, I'm excited about the trip, fingers crossed it all works out.
deserve a million views
You will have virtually rowed around the world by the time your done john that's one hell of an achievement hats off too you
I'm trying Charlie, need something to pass the time in my dotage.
Hi John. Hello from Burlington, Ontario! Glad to see you are prepping for another challenge. Glad to see and hear that your RA hasn't held you back since we had last worked together at ESMC. Good luck in your attempt. Will watch your progress. Reading about your journey to Australia has some analogies to us getting through this pandemic. I was amazed at your ability to keep rowing through hard conditions only to wake up back where you were started (or worse) and then grab the oars and go again. Keep rowing and inspiring.
Cheers,
Richard
Hi Richard, great to hear from you, thanks for the kind words. My list of medical challenges grows with age unfortunately, I try to see them as part of the next challenge. Hopefully I have a couple of big efforts left in the tank before it gets too late.
Father time is unrelenting. If you never rowed another stroke you'd have accomplished much to be proud of, but I do hope you complete this row and any others you put your mind to.
well done and very interesting as usual! thank you! Please adjust your arrival slightly North to Kenya and we will prepare a full welcome! I rowed Atlantic (Gurkha Spirit) in 2005/6 and my daughter is off next year. You are always an inspiration! Thanks
Hi Nick, thanks, I've come across the Gurkha Spirit story in the past, well done, I seem to remember it was a tough year. Good luck yo your daughter too, is she doing the race or going independent? I think I'm set on Dara es Salam unfortunately, it's a long story but it seems to be the best option for lots of reasons.
@@soloatlanticrower John. Thanks! Yes the weather beat up most of the crews and quite a few couldn't finish. Daughter is not sure whether independent or independent as yet. Dar es Salaam it is! I think you'll be the first to row the Indian proper?
That's the plan.
Started following you a couple of weeks ago, and binged watched all your videos. I really enjoy the adventure aspect of your videos, and can't wait to see your next at sea series.
How old are you, and how do you train or prepare physically for a long journey at sea? You are so thin, do try to bulk up a little prior?
Anyway, keep the videos coming and thanks again.
Hi Photojunky, Glad you've enjoyed watching, after the recent interest I'm looking at all the footage I have to see what else I can put together, I have hours and hours of content, just not a lot of spare time at the moment.
I'm currently 59 (to old), 49 on my first Atlantic crossing (a perfect age), 53 on the Pacific and 57 on my pairs row with my daughter. I trained like a mad thing for the first row, a combination of running, rowing machine and rowing 6 hours a day on a Canadian lake. I realised that was overkill, if you get strong and aerobically fit you soon build the right muscle on the journey as you're at the oars for so long. I added lake swimming to my routine for the last trip that worked really well.
Re my weight, it's an endurance activity, just like running a marathon (admittedly a few marathons a day) so you just need to eat constantly through the day when at sea. I did try and add a bit of bulk for the first trip but I felt very uncomfortable for a while until I got my weight back under control.
John: Supongo que lo sabe usted, como buen conocedor que es del mar; pero por si acaso no lo supiera, le aconsejo que cuando esté en alta mar beba a diario el contenido de un vaso con una parte de agua de mar y tres partes de agua potable convencional de tierra. Es de los mejores nutrientes, gran fortalecedor del organismo humano, pura medicina gratuita y alcalina, que contiene en su estado natural alimenticio todos los minerales de la tabla periódica de elementos químicos, de manera que tomada así de forma isotónica, el agua de mar sirve para recargar las mitocondrias celulares y reconstruir las células dañadas pues la composición química del agua de mar es lo más parecido que existe al plasma sanguíneo. Para poderlo investigar y comprobar por sí mismo, puede usted leer el libro de René Quinton, «L’Eau de Mer, milieu organique», publicado en 1904 y donde por vez primera se expuso científicamente las bases marinas de dicha Terapia Marina.
Reciba un saludo cordial y buen nuevo viaje.
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Your fan problem could possibly be a simple design issue. If they were both pulling in the same direction, then they would fail under load. You would actually be trying to either pressurise the cabin, or create a vacuum. To work properly one would need to be extracting from the cabin, and the other would need to be drawing air in. Apologies if this is old news........
Hi Mike, I like your train of though, the cabin has a vent at the rear too so circulation is not an issue. The vent fans are just not big enough to impact the heat, when it's 46 degrees on deck I've no idea what it is in the cabin but it's hot. The other problem is they are solar powered, the only time I'm in the cabin is at night and they don't last long enough to have any benefit.I ran them as extractors in the day hoping to cool things down but no real benefit again. They have given up the ghost which is good, gives me a chance to come up with something new, not sure what yet.
@@soloatlanticrower Ventilation can only ever deal with excess heat, not the ambient, unless there is evaporative cooling designed into the system. Ideally, you'd paint the cabin white or silver, and have nothing of any thermal mass inside it during the day. You could try putting a watertight bag of sea water in the cabin during the day, and then tipping it out overboard shortly before you go in for a kip. This should take quite a lot of the heat with it...but at the cost of a bit of extra unwanted ballast on board.
Back to the fans......ideally you would have an "in" and an "out" fan of the same strength but at opposite ends of the cabin, producing a draught over your body at night. I recognise that this would put one of the fans out of easy access whilst at sea, which wouldn't be ideal. You could also consider an extractor at the very top of the cabin of the sort that you see on top of vans. They aren't turned mechanically, but rotate in the wind. They have the advantage of not needing a power supply, and of being at the highest point of the cabin where the warmth collects naturally. The downside is that I have no idea how you would keep water out.
Ultimately, if it's hot you're going to be hot! We're only talking about mitigating the odd 5% at the extremeties, unless you can take a course further from the equator.
@@MikeAG333 Hi Mike, I appreciate the thought you've put into your comments. There is only a small part of the aft cabin where the paint is exposed, most of it is solar panels, so the paint job wouldn't achieve the desired outcome. I considered in out vents but the integrity of the cabin is critical, the main reason is that the sealed cabin is how the boat rights itself in the event of capsize. the three current vents are sealable. I'm afraid you just have to suffer the heat. the small rechargeable fans did move enough air to keep you from sweating too much and drenching your sleep area. It is an issue I will give some though before going back to sea.
Enjoyed this exchange of minds and ideas here. I had the same issue and thoughts of solutions. Didn’t have any fans rigged up either. But that temptation of leaving the hatch ever so slightly open yet still on its catch is so tempting. Right up until the wave hits and undoes any extra sleep you may have gained.
Loving the videos of the boat refit. I think Justin said he had adapted it for two sleepers for your Atlantic crossing.
@@craigforsyth5394 Hi Craig, looks like you rowed is a sister boat to Socks, I believe Storm Petrol was also built by Jamie. Yes Justin helped make a few changes to Socks, when Jamie built her for my Pacific crossing we jiggled about the aft cabin and deck configuration as my daughter had expressed a desire to row. She is really a solo boat but we raised the cabin floor in the sunken sleeping area to the locker height so we could both get in the cabin in case of bad weather, it was both tight and necessary. The fan thing is a minor improvement, but then as you'll know any relief from the incredible heat that builds in the cabin is a gift from the ocean gods. We'll done on your crossing, good to see you had a real rowing boat not a blowing boat.
How do you fall to sleep? Without worrying what could happen? Eg: large ships and bad weather, and dangerous wildlife?
Hey Shaun, you fall asleep 'cos your exhausted, wildlife is not dangerous, I have a warning system (AIS) for shipping and the weather is the weather, just have to be careful with the boat set up.