Feb 05 2010
Charlie Pitcher’s Solo Boat
Charlie Pitcher is one of the solo rowers in the Atlantic Rowing Race 2009, which is currently taking place. He is rowing in the Open Category in a one-off boat design, which seems to be extremely performant for this type of race. If you notice in the video below, this new design puts a rather bulbous cabin in the bow of the boat, whereas in traditional ocean rowing boat designs, the cabin is in the stern. This bulbous bow cabin, in addition to the low stern, allows the cabin to serve as a sail of sorts facilitating forward movement when the wind is blowing in the right direction. She’s a beautiful boat, and I find the design, as well as how she’s performing in this year’s race, fascinating!
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