POA or open to sensible offers

Name: Velocity

Cost: POA or open to sensible offers

Design: Rossiter Ocean 2 (fibreglass)

Previous crossings:

  • Atlantic 2021: Lanzarote to Antigua
  • Atlantic 2022: Lanzarote to Antigua
  • Atlantic 2023: Lanzarote to Cape Verde
  • Pacific 2025: Lima, Peru to Cairns, Australia

Velocity is a Rossiter Ocean 2, a well-built fibreglass rowing boat built in 2020. Designed for a crew of up to four, with two rowing positions, she is renowned for her stability, comfort and versatility. She can also be rowed by a single person. Velocity has an impressive ocean-crossing history, having completed Atlantic crossings from Lanzarote to Antigua in 2021 and 2022, a crossing from Lanzarote to Cape Verde in 2023, and a Pacific crossing from Lima, Peru, to Cairns, Australia, in 2025 with a female pair. She received a full hull survey before her Pacific crossing and received an electrical survey afterwards.

She is equipped with an extensive range of navigation, communication and safety equipment, including a Simrad chart plotter, AIS, fixed and handheld VHF radios and a hydraulic autopilot system. Recent upgrades in 2025 include a new watermaker, EFOY Pro 2800 fuel cell, hydraulic autopilot pump and ram, solar panels and lithium batteries, carbon-fibre rudders, six new or refurbished Croker oars and sections of SeaDek decking. Combining proven ocean-going capability with modern equipment and significant recent upgrades, Velocity offers a versatile platform for ambitious ocean rowing expeditions.

Equipment Inventory

  • SIMRAD RS 20 FIXED VHF
  • HANDHELD RADIO (COBRA MR HH600 FLT GPS BTE) & CHARGING MOUNT (NEW 2025)
  • SIMRAD NAIS 500
  • SIMRAD NAC-3 AUTOPILOT
  • SIMRAD NSS9 EVO 3 CHART PLOTTER
  • SIMRAD AP 44 AUTOPILOT CONTROLLER
  • SIMRAD RF25N RUDDER FEEDBACK UNIT
  • SIMRAD IS 42 DIGITAL DISPLAY
  • SIMRAD PRECISION 9 COMPASS
  • B&G ANEMOMETER (WIND VANE NEEDS MENDING)
  • INTELLIAN C 700 MARITIME SATELLITE TERMINAL
  • SEA STAR HYDRAULIC PUMP AND RAM (AUTO PILOT) (NEW 2025)
  • SCHENKER ZEN 30 12V WATERMAKER (NEW 2025)
  • EFOY PRO 2800 HYDROGEN FUEL CELL (NEW 2025)
  • 6 MAN LIFE RAFT IN SOFT CASE (WILL NEED SERVICING)
  • 6 X CROKER OARS (NEW OR REFURBISHED 2025)
  • SEADEK ON PARTS OF DECK (NEW 2025)
  • 3X 60AH / 768WH LITHIUM SUPERPACK BATTERIES (NEW 2025)
  • *5X SUNBEAM SOLAR PANELS, TOUGH+ 116W X3 & TOUGH+ 58W X2 (NEW 2025)
  • 4X CARBON FIBRE RUDDERS (INTERCHANGEABLE WITH DAGGERBOARD) (NEW 2025)

*3 out of 5 solar panels work, and a marine electrician has confirmed that the 3 solar panels are all that is needed to power the system. The two small ones can be removed.