The Boat Clen will use to row Solo from Australia to Mauritius

The Solo Class boat is an evolution in the concept of ocean rowing boat design.

Originally designed by Phil Morrison, the Woodvale Solo Class boat has been developed to give the serious solo rower the comfort and stowage to complete extended ocean crossings.

The cabin volumes make the boat aggressively self-righting and the lowered aft cabin floor means that there is ample space not to stoop while taking shelter.

The boat will be constructed from carbon-fibre, kevlar and epoxy, using a vacuum consolidation construction process. This will ensure that not only is the boat exceptionally strong, but extremely light as well.

I’m going to be building the boat here in South Africa using local skills and expertise. I’ll be taking regular photos and updating the site so that you can see what the construction process looks like once it begins.

Here are a couple of 3D models which we rendered from AutoCAD. It’s not a final product, but it will give a good idea of the overall construction of the boat.