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Just Keep Going, Part 2 – Racing the Drake Raceboat 20 in Seventy48

Row row row… but for 70 miles? For Team No Dream and 101 other human powered boats, that was the reality of racing in this years Seventy48. And now Nate Rooks gets a chance to put all his know-how to the test.

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You can find out more about the Seventy48.

Plans and kits are available for the Drake Raceboat 20 from Chase Small Craft.

The parts for the boat in this video were cut at Turnpoint Design in Port Townsend Washington.

The carbon fiber pieces for the out riggers were supplied by Russell Brown of Port Townsend Watercraft.

Russell Brown also wrote the book "Epoxy Basics, Working with Epoxy Cleanly and Efficiently" which Nate used as his guide to using epoxy.

Epoxy was generously supplied by West System Epoxy.

Nate's Oars and the Rowing Machine (the ergometer) he trained on were made by Concept 2.

The Poseidan sliding seat that Nate used is made by Puuvenepiste Wooden Boat.

Traditional oars from Shaw and Tenney.

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15 Responses So Far to “Just Keep Going, Part 2 – Racing the Drake Raceboat 20 in Seventy48”

  • Roberto Esposito says:

    Stupenda costruzione e bellissima gara. Complimenti dal mio isolamento per Covid 19 dall’Italia :-(
    English Translation: Superb construction and beautiful race. Congratulations, from my isolation for Covid 19 in Italy :-(

    • Nate Rooks

      Nate Rooks says:

      Grazie Roberto! Se solo avessi un progetto come questo su cui lavorare in isolamento… Questa settimana avrei potuto remare la barca e non avrei pensato a COVID-19 per un’ora intera!

  • John Homer

    John Homer says:

    Great job!!!! Both on the race and the boat building. I have done the 90 Miler here in the Adirondacks in New York and know that feeling when you actually finish… Job well done Sir.
    Thanks for sharing…Cheers

  • Eric Child says:

    totally cool… wish you could’ve done a longer video… strong work…!

  • Richard Neall says:

    Well done Nate. Great story and great result. Thanks for sharing the journey.

  • Mark Ritter says:

    Great accomplishment and love the boat and the job you did on it. Could OCH publish a link to the kit?

  • michele del monaco says:

    great, really great, video, adventure, race, boat. Everything!

  • steve schwartz says:

    Well done. Nice boat. I would suggest putting an extra roller on the underside of the roller bars to keep your seat in place in case you ever flipped. Very inspirational video.

    • Clint Chase says:

      I bet the seat would float with a little foam. Wonder also if a lanyard would be simple enough. Attached to the centerline of the seat and keel, maybe it wouldn’t get in the way.

      Good point to bring up, thanks.

      • Nate Rooks

        Nate Rooks says:

        Very good point. I’ve seen Poseidon seats with a simple wooden L-bracket to hold it onto the rail, and will probably build something similar. As Clint suggested, it does indeed float with the foam seat, but just. For the race, I used a small string/lanyard which hung under the rail to stay out of the way of the wheels. Not perfect, but worked.

        • Alex Zimmerman says:

          Put an eye pad on the boats bottom under the center of the seat. Fasten a short length of small bungee cord from the seat to the eye pad. Small diameter bungee so it doesn’t impede your rowing Bungee won’t get caught on something like a simple lanyard might. Would also keep the seat centered when you’re out of it as well as prevent it from going overboard. Put a snap hook on the bungee and it would be easy to install/remove