Hours after completing standup paddling's first Pacific Ocean crossing from San Francisco to Oahu, Spanish endurance athlete Antonio De La Rosa runs through the design essentials of his custom-built 24-foot SUP super-craft dubbed Ocean Defender, which he paddled upright 2,900 miles over 77 days solo and unsupported. Video by Tony Heff.
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00:00Okay, this is the boat, it's design and construction in Spain.
00:10This is a prototype.
00:13Here is the system to connect with internet, satellite internet.
00:18I can send everyday news in Facebook and Instagram during 76 days.
00:28This is solar panels.
00:31I have three solar panels, 225 volts.
00:36These solar panels charge two batteries, 90 amperes inside, and these batteries is for
00:45charge the computer, the satellite telephone, and the water machine.
00:52I have water machine, I use one hour per day, this machine do six liters per hour.
01:05I paddle in this side, in the middle, this is the front, here is the bed, the bed I put,
01:16I relax and telephone, and on the back, I charge all equipment, the food, and I have
01:28so much equipment.
01:31One soup inflate, a small soup inflate, because if I have problems in this boat, I use this
01:39for rescuing.
01:44In the middle, there are one fin, big fin, and this fin have 30 kilograms, heavier, but
01:54it's good stability.
01:57I move the system, direction system with the hand here, and in the front, I have two GPS,
02:07one outside and one inside, two anemometers for wind, compass, and a small satellite tracking,
02:22because all the people can see my position in every moment in my web page, antoniodelarrosa.net.
02:3376 days in the middle of the ocean, from San Francisco to here.
02:38Easy, yeah?
02:39Yeah, easy.
02:40Raw wind, wind, current, Hawaii.
02:46Not easy.
02:47Okay, when I see the first island, about three days ago, I see the Molokai Island, very small,
02:58so happy, but I think, okay, this is one of the worst parts, because when you are with
03:04this big side boat, and only with this system to move it very close to the coast, it's dangerous.
03:14And I think, okay, three days no sleep, all the time checking the GPS, the direction,
03:21raw winds so much, and it's the life on the boat.
03:27All the time, every hour, checking the GPS, sleep every hour on the night.
03:34The worst part is that you sleep a little.
03:40This is the VHF radio, with channel 16, to speak with another boat when you cross for
03:50security, the other GPS.
03:53Here is the batteries, and the AES system is for sea and other boats, and Dutch boats
04:03come to see me.
04:04This is electricity.
04:05Here is the water machine, Katadyn Power Survival, satellite telephone, and bed.
04:18One comfortable bed, and the more important, for hot, is the weather.
04:32I don't know the name in English, vent, yeah, comfortable, yeah.
04:43I have five paddles, two outside, two more inside, and one extra on the back, but I use
04:54only one on the whole travel.
04:58Half lucky, no broke.
05:07The cooking system, my normal cooking here, and this is for put water, with the water
05:15machine.
05:16Put water here, and put from here to the potter's, and drinking.
05:23This is the food, Leofilice food, this is very good.
05:34I heat this 76 days.
05:39This kind, there are 20 different, that's all.