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TŰZHANGYA (Fire Ant)

 

List of equipment

 
Highlights
Built: 2006
Number of rowers: 2.
One crossing: 6.700 km (Cadiz – Grand Canaria – Antigua).
Duration of the crossing between La Gomera and Antigua: 51 days 6 hours and 10 minutes.
Weight: 160 kg only (unloaded).
Length: 8,9 m.
Width: 1,65 m.
Draught: 2 m.

Overall condition: excellent, ready-to-go.


Super-light weight & high speed
We have built our boat of glass fiber epoxy raisin, applying inbuilt Herex-foam sandwich structure and carbon-fibred special strengthening. As a result, the boat became superlight weighted, extraordinary strong, reliable, storm-proof and safe.

The carefully selected materials, the special structure, our own design and workmanship have contributed a great deal to a record-level crossing over the Atlantic: 51 days 6 hours and 10 minutes (only 4 hour behind the current record, although we started our trip more than 1 day rowing far, from La Gomera).

Strength, safety & reliability
Thanks to our self-designed, unique inner corrugation construction method and the special materials used, the boat is simply unable to sink - not even if the boat (including cabins and storage compartments) is overflood. Due to its special form and the 14 kg-keel positioned in 2 metres’ depth, the boat is significantly more stable and reluctant to capsize compared to conventionally constructed boats. Even in the unlikely case that the boat would fall over, it turns back into its proper position.

To give an example, we have faced a severe thunderstorm (grade 9-10) at Morocco, where 10-12 m high waves bombarded our boat from the side. We were exposed to the risk to get adrift and swung to the coast nearby, so we asked for assistance. Under these extremely rough conditions the head of coastal guard denied to help us by boat – and we declined helicopter salvage. Finally, our boat exquisitely endured without falling over. We were able to survive and continued our trip towards the Canaries.

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List of equipment
-luminous compass /SYLVA/
-digital compass / SYLVA /
-manual compass /SYLVA/
-speedometer/log /SYLVA /
-depth recorder / SYLVA /
-wind indicator
-position light
-radar reflector
-life jackets
-saving shoe with saving buoy
-water pump
-waterproof, VHF radio / SYLVA /
-cabin lights
-battery / 92 A/h , 12 W /
-battery voltmeter
-CD/MP3 player
-loudspeakers / 2x 15 W /
-battery charger
-electric outputs
-anchor
-storm anchor
-ropes
-puffers

 

 
Épült: 2006
Eddig megtett út: 6700 km / Cadiz-Grand Canaria- Antigua /
Az Atlanti-óceán átkelés ideje: 51 nap 6ó 10 perc

Főbb méretek:
- súly: 160 kg ( üresen )
- hossz: 8.9m
- szélesség:1.65 m
- merülés 2 m

A hajó epoxy ragasztású üvegszövet, Herex hab szendvicsszerkezettel, melynek eredményeképp, ha teljesen elárasztódna vízzel, beleértve a kabinokat és a tároló rekeszeket is, akkor sem tud elsüllyedni. A hajó formai kialakításának és a 2m mélyen levő, 14 kg-os tőkesúlynak köszönhetően sokkal stabilabb és nehezebben borul fel, mint a hagyományos konstrukciók, de ha mégis felborulna akkor is visszaáll. Marokkó partjainál megjártunk egy 9-10-es erősségű vihart, ahol oldalról 10-12.5m-es hullámok ostromolták a hajót, de egyszer sem borult fel, kitűnően vizsgázott olyan körülmények között, ahol a közeli partok felé sodródás és partra csapódás veszélye miatt kért mentést követően a mentő hajó parancsnoka nem vállalta a mentőhajóval a mentést, kizárólag helikopterrel, amit végül mi nem kértünk.
A hajó egyedülálló belső bordaszerkezetével különösen erős,